Wasn't Wilson Johnson the W. R. Johnson buried at St. Johns? Gary D. Norris > From: cleston conner <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 23:07:45 -0600 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] Texas Migrations > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 22:08:44 -0700 > > Gary, I have a picture of the tombstone of Amanda Sevier Abston. I would be > glad to > e-mail it to the person if they sent me an e-mail address. She is buried on > top of > the hill all the way to the back of St. Johns cemetery. She is buried close to > my > ancestors Wilson Johnson and Savania Galton Johnson. I got the picture when I > was > there last year. > Cleston Conner > > Gary Norris wrote: > >> Rec, >> >> Juliet Amanda Sevier Abston was buried at St. John Cemetery. That cemetery >> sits on a hill just above the Lilly Dale Recreation Area of Dale Hollow >> Lake. The white crosses are still there to mark the all of the unknowns >> relocated there when the lake was constructed. >> >> Gary D. Norris >> >>> From: [email protected] >>> Reply-To: [email protected] >>> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:38:57 EST >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] Texas Migrations >>> Resent-From: [email protected] >>> Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:39:07 -0700 >>> >>> Gary- I don't know if Lipscomb Petit (Lip) Abston served in Civil War or >>> not. He and Amanda Sevier were married 9/15/1864 in Willow Grove and per >>> family records died 1/21/1900 in Willow Grove and was supposedly buried >>> there. Their children (w/ dob's) were: James Alfred Abston(my GGF) >>> 12/1/1869; William J. 12/15/1871; Maggie Abston French , 1876; Tom (ca >>> 1880); Mary Abston Edens, 8/6/1882; and Lou Abston Huffer, 9/23/1886. All >>> children were born in Willow Grove. Lou Abston Huffer was living in >>> Cookesville in the mid- 1970's with husband Allen. >>> In 1975 my GM, Mary W. Abston Phillips, gd of Lip and Amanda, along with >>> three of her daughters made a trip back to the area and visited the >>> cemetery. >>> Apparently that was before the Lake was fully filled although they stated in >>> a chronicle of the visit: >>> We travceled to Willow Grove and Lillydale and of course ther is a very >>> beautiful lake that covers all of this now. We drove on to the old Abstyon >>> home place but the old house was now gone. (My GM remembered there bewing a >>> spring and a hill there and green apples with red stripes grew there that >>> were noted for their sweetness and were called Abston Apples.) Across from >>> the home place was a barn still standin that Tom Abston and some of the >>> Edens >>> had built. They then trveld on to the cemetery and I am going to quote the >>> chronicle here as it may pin it down for you and you will know if it was >>> later moved. >>> "The cemetery was a very pretty place upon a hill. A tribute in itself to >>> those that were buried there. Below the hill of the old part were hundreds >>> of little white crosses marking the graves of those that had to be moved >>> from >>> the burial plots that the lake was to cover. Ola told us that her husband >>> had made all of the crosses and marked each grave." >>> They made some pictures of the headstones and I remember seeing Amanda >>> Sevier >>> Abston's headstone but don't remember Lip's, tho I'm pretty sure it was >>> there. >>> Incidentally, my family had always assumed that my GGM, Amanda Belle Davis >>> Abston had only two siblings- Mary Catherine Davis(b. 1858) and William T. >>> Davis (b. 1854), however the 1850 census shows (OV 327-181) DAVIS, Nelson >>> (44) Ruth (31) and Joseph (14). Joseph does not appear with the family in >>> the 1860 census tho he would be 24 and probably out on his own if alive. I >>> couldn't find him in the census and just wondered if he died between 1850 >>> and >>> 1860. >>> Thnx for your help. >>> Rec Phillips >>> >>> >>> ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== >>> OVERTON LIST ADMINISTRATPR: >>> [email protected] >>> >>> ============================== >>> 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 >>> >> >> ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== >> WATCH YOUR SUBJECT LINES >> Many subscriber Delete a >> message based on subject >> lines. GIVE YOURS ONE! >> >> ============================== >> 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 > > > ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== > ADDRESS OVERTON LIST MESSAGES > TOT: [email protected] > > ============================== > 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 >

Gary, that is correct W.R. Johnson. His wife's stone Savina Galton Johnson has (wife of Wilson Johnson) > Wasn't Wilson Johnson the W. R. Johnson buried at St. Johns? > > Gary D. Norris > > > From: cleston conner <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 23:07:45 -0600 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] Texas Migrations > > Resent-From: [email protected] > > Resent-Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 22:08:44 -0700 > > > > Gary, I have a picture of the tombstone of Amanda Sevier Abston. I would be > > glad to > > e-mail it to the person if they sent me an e-mail address. She is buried on > > top of > > the hill all the way to the back of St. Johns cemetery. She is buried close to > > my > > ancestors Wilson Johnson and Savania Galton Johnson. I got the picture when I > > was > > there last year. > > Cleston Conner > > > > Gary Norris wrote: > > > >> Rec, > >> > >> Juliet Amanda Sevier Abston was buried at St. John Cemetery. That cemetery > >> sits on a hill just above the Lilly Dale Recreation Area of Dale Hollow > >> Lake. The white crosses are still there to mark the all of the unknowns > >> relocated there when the lake was constructed. > >> > >> Gary D. Norris > >> > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> Reply-To: [email protected] > >>> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:38:57 EST > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] Texas Migrations > >>> Resent-From: [email protected] > >>> Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:39:07 -0700 > >>> > >>> Gary- I don't know if Lipscomb Petit (Lip) Abston served in Civil War or > >>> not. He and Amanda Sevier were married 9/15/1864 in Willow Grove and per > >>> family records died 1/21/1900 in Willow Grove and was supposedly buried > >>> there. Their children (w/ dob's) were: James Alfred Abston(my GGF) > >>> 12/1/1869; William J. 12/15/1871; Maggie Abston French , 1876; Tom (ca > >>> 1880); Mary Abston Edens, 8/6/1882; and Lou Abston Huffer, 9/23/1886. All > >>> children were born in Willow Grove. Lou Abston Huffer was living in > >>> Cookesville in the mid- 1970's with husband Allen. > >>> In 1975 my GM, Mary W. Abston Phillips, gd of Lip and Amanda, along with > >>> three of her daughters made a trip back to the area and visited the > >>> cemetery. > >>> Apparently that was before the Lake was fully filled although they stated in > >>> a chronicle of the visit: > >>> We travceled to Willow Grove and Lillydale and of course ther is a very > >>> beautiful lake that covers all of this now. We drove on to the old Abstyon > >>> home place but the old house was now gone. (My GM remembered there bewing a > >>> spring and a hill there and green apples with red stripes grew there that > >>> were noted for their sweetness and were called Abston Apples.) Across from > >>> the home place was a barn still standin that Tom Abston and some of the > >>> Edens > >>> had built. They then trveld on to the cemetery and I am going to quote the > >>> chronicle here as it may pin it down for you and you will know if it was > >>> later moved. > >>> "The cemetery was a very pretty place upon a hill. A tribute in itself to > >>> those that were buried there. Below the hill of the old part were hundreds > >>> of little white crosses marking the graves of those that had to be moved > >>> from > >>> the burial plots that the lake was to cover. Ola told us that her husband > >>> had made all of the crosses and marked each grave." > >>> They made some pictures of the headstones and I remember seeing Amanda > >>> Sevier > >>> Abston's headstone but don't remember Lip's, tho I'm pretty sure it was > >>> there. > >>> Incidentally, my family had always assumed that my GGM, Amanda Belle Davis > >>> Abston had only two siblings- Mary Catherine Davis(b. 1858) and William T. > >>> Davis (b. 1854), however the 1850 census shows (OV 327-181) DAVIS, Nelson > >>> (44) Ruth (31) and Joseph (14). Joseph does not appear with the family in > >>> the 1860 census tho he would be 24 and probably out on his own if alive. I > >>> couldn't find him in the census and just wondered if he died between 1850 > >>> and > >>> 1860. > >>> Thnx for your help. > >>> Rec Phillips > >>> > >>> > >>> ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== > >>> OVERTON LIST ADMINISTRATPR: > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> ============================== > >>> 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 > >>> > >> > >> ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== > >> WATCH YOUR SUBJECT LINES > >> Many subscriber Delete a > >> message based on subject > >> lines. 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