There were three Creed Taylor Garretts in Overton Co. 1. Born about 1808 in Virginia son of Joshua Bernard & Mary Jane Taylor & married Mariah ?? b 1804 in Va & d Feb 3, 1901. She may have been a Mullins. 2. b Oct 1843 in Overton Co. son of Loderick & Mary l. Pryor.. He md Julia Ann Beaty July 18, 1866 b Oct 1845 & d June 15, 1912. 3. Ronald Ward Garrett rgarret@sugardog.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Louannel@aol.com> To: <tnoverto@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 7:09 PM Subject: [TNOVERTO] Overton County Records > It typically isn't as simple as looking in a will book. So many didn't > have > wills or the wills were lost. What we do have lots of in Overton County > is > court minutes and deeds. When I was in Livingston in October I spent some > time > at the Registrar of Deeds office looking for proof of the father of Creed > Garrett, my ancestor (supposedly Joshua, but I've seen no proof). I was > looking > for Elijah, Joshua & Creed. I found court minutes in a case where the > defendant was indexed as "Joshua Garrett's Heirs", so I was hoping that > would have my > answer. Unfortunately, it was Creed's brother Joshua, BUT for anyone > researching that line it would be very helpful - gives his year of death, > name of his > wife and children, most of whom were minors. > > Researching in the old documents is tedious. This particular document was > not in the book and page listed in the Index, which meant I had to go > through > that entire book and then another to find it. > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNOVERTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1136 - Release Date: > 11/17/2007 2:55 PM > >