Does anyone have access to census records of 1840 and 1850 and birth records of 1845?? Could you please check the census records for a Thomas and/or Elizabeth Davis? Also would like someone to check to see if the births of twins, Thomas Jefferson and Nancy Caroline Davis on 1/16/1845 were recorded in Rhea Co? Parents would have been Thomas and Elizabeth Davis. Thanks. Donna

Seeking any leads on my GGreat Grandfather Richard Webb located in Rhea Co. around 1900. His children were all born in Ga., Arizona b. 1885, Arthur b. 1887, Walter b. 1889. He was married to an Isabella ? in or around 1900 and had a son Richard by this marriage. Any leads on the mother to the first three children or any info at all would be appreciated this family has been hard to track. Thanks Brenda Owens

Gina, Grg1967@aol.com wrote: > > I am researching the White family in Rhea County, TN. I have a John White > (2/1/1855-1/6/1918) married to Susan Couch (1854-3/3/1936). I have been > unable to find parents for them. They had several children, Walter > (12/24/1881-2/14/1951), Milbourne(1875), Austin, Ida Bell (1873), and Jackson > P. (1888). Walter was Superintendent of schools in Rhea county for many > years, was a state Representative and Senator. He also ran for Governor of > Tennessee in 1926 and was defeated by Governor Austin Peay. My grandfather > Floyd was the son of Jackson White and Annie Heird, daughter of S.M. and > Louisa Heird. He married Dollie White, and they lived in Rhea County nearly > all thier lives. If you happen to have any info on this family, it would be > greatly appreciated. > > Gina Guinn >From "History of Rhea County, TN" pg 402 "WALTER WHITE Walter White was born on Dec 24, 1881, in Meigs County, the son of John and Susan (Couch) White. He attended public schools in Meigs County, then went on to attend the University of Chattanooga, American University, Harriman, Valparaiso University (Indiana), and studied law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, and at Southern University Law School, Memphis. He did not take the bar examination until 1944, when he was admitted to the Tennessee Bar. He was a resident of Rhea County from 1903. On Jan 10, 1915, Walter was married in Graysville to Ina (Wright) Whittemore, widow of Charles Whittemore and daughter of George A. Wright of Sarasota, FL. He had no children but had two stepchildren, Ernest and Ethel Whittemore. Ernest married Henrietta "Boots" Jones of Dayton. They lived mostly in Graysville. Walter taught school in Meigs, Roane, Bedford, Hamilton, and Rhea counties for 17 years. He was Superintendent of Schools of Rhea County seven times from 1919 and elected to that post in 1942. After admittance to the bar, he practiced law in Dayton from 1944 until his death. Walter was a Republican and was elected five times to the Tennessee House of Representatives in the 56th, 68th, 70th, 72nd-75th General Assemblies: 1909-1911, 1933-1935, 1937-1939, 1941-1949, representing Rhea and Meigs counties; the Senate 57th Assembly(1911-1913) representing Rhea, Bledsoe, Cumberland, Meigs, Sequatchie, Van Buren, and White counties. He was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1926, being defeated by Governor Austin Peay. He was Republican Leader in the House of Representatives in 1937 and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1940. A brother, Milburn R. White, was a delegate to the 59th and 60th Assemblies, 1915-1919. Walter White was a member of the Baptist Church and the Knights of Pythias. He died on Feb 14, 1951, in Dayton, and is buried in Buttram Cemetery." >From Meigs County, TN Census and Marriage Records 1850-1900 page 357 1880 Census John H. White 26, Susan C 21, Ida Bell 12, Melbourne R 4, Matilda L 3, Daniel W 5/12, Geo W WEBB 21 (boarder) 7-15-97 1900 Census John A White 53 (Feb 1847-M 29), Sudie (Susan) 45 (Nov 1854-M 29-8-6), Ida B 26 (Apr 1873, Melburn 24 (Apr 1875), Matilda 22 (Oct 1877), Walter 18 (Dec 1881), Jackson 11 (Oct 1888), Oscar 5 (Aug 1894) 7-72a-160 Marriages: John White to Susan Couch, Dec 31, 1872 (Jan 2, 1873), I J Looney S, G W Paul JP 3-153 page 74 1870 Census William Couch 21, John 16, Isaac 13, Susan 15, Margaret 12, Matilda 10 8-12-94 William is probably not Susan's father as he is only 6 years older, maybe a brother taking care of the family? 1880 Census William Couch 27 (Chairmaker), Talitha A 20, Dorcus E White 37 (si)=sister, James W 2/12 (nw)=nephew, T C Foster 33 (farm laborer) 7-13-78 Marriages Houston White to Dorcus Couch, Jun 7, 1879 (Jun 8), John H White S, Z T Davis JP 3-257 William Couch to Delitha A Harrad, Jan 13, 1876 (Jan 14), J H White S, J W Paul JP 3-199 William Couch to Ida Mullins, Jan 9, 1892, "license returned not solemnized" More Meigs County HEIRD 1880 Census Simon M Heird 27, Louise J 21, William B 3, Alice L 1, Frankie HEIRD 47 (m)=mother, John R 12 (b)=brother 5-28-182 1900 Census Simon M Hurd 47 (Mar 1853-M 24), Pheby L 41 (May 1859-M 24-10-8), Alice L 21 (Feb 1879), James N 18 (Dec 1881), Thomas F 13 (Apr 1887), Maggie E 10 (Jul 1889), Annie E 8 (Feb 1892), Martha F 3 (Oct 1896), Charley F 5 (Aug 1894), 5-49b-28 Marriages Meigs S M Heird to P L Floyd, Oct 23, 1874 (Oct 24), B M Trew S, J W Moore JP 3-173 Is P L Pheby Louisa? Larry

I am researching the White family in Rhea County, TN. I have a John White (2/1/1855-1/6/1918) married to Susan Couch (1854-3/3/1936). I have been unable to find parents for them. They had several children, Walter (12/24/1881-2/14/1951), Milbourne(1875), Austin, Ida Bell (1873), and Jackson P. (1888). Walter was Superintendent of schools in Rhea county for many years, was a state Representative and Senator. He also ran for Governor of Tennessee in 1926 and was defeated by Governor Austin Peay. My grandfather Floyd was the son of Jackson White and Annie Heird, daughter of S.M. and Louisa Heird. He married Dollie White, and they lived in Rhea County nearly all thier lives. If you happen to have any info on this family, it would be greatly appreciated. Gina Guinn

I am forwarding this message to the list because I know there are a lot of fellow HOOD researchers out there. Hope to see you all soon on the list! > Fellow Hood Family researchers: > > I wanted you to know that I have set up a Hood Family Listserv (mailing & > discussion list), for the purpose of enabling you and me to exchange Hood > family genealogies, tips, queries, etc. by email. I have set it up as an > open (non-moderated) list, so that any member that sends a message will > automatically have the message forwarded to everyone else on the list. > > I did not want to limit it to the William Hood I am researching, but leave > it open to ALL Hoods in the US and elsewhere. I even named it the "Hoods > Everywhere" list. > > The advantage to a mailing list, as compared to the Hood Genforum > (http://www.genforum.com/Hood) is that everything flows by email in real > time. Of course, if the volume gets too large, this becomes a > disadvantage. There is also the possibility of spam email and flaming - > which I will control by dropping members that engage in it (I like to > think of the process as "dismembering") or, as a last resort, going to a > "moderated" list format (everything flows through me to the group). > > If you are interested in joining this, send an email to > "hood.family-subscribe@listbot.com" (without the quotes). You will > receive a verification message and instructions. > > If your email reader reads HTML, this should appear as a link for email > (if not, or if I did it wrong, it will be gibberish): > > <a > href="mailto:hood.family-subscribe@listbot.com">hood.family-subscribe@list > bot.com > > If you join and find it helpful, tell other Hood researchers not listed > above about it so they can join. If you do not find it helpful, tell me > so I can make it better! My email addresses are: > > hood.family@usa.net > roghood@fdic.gov > > Thank you. > > > Roger L. Hood > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5875

W. C. Strickland, Jr. wrote: > > I am new to this board and wanted to present my research to date. > > Yancy Loy b. about 1818 in Tennessee or North Carolina married > Eliza ?? b. about 1845 in Tennessee > Children: > John W. Loy b. about 1864 > Nancy A. Loy b. about 1866 > Martha J. Loy b. about 1868 > Sarah S. Loy b. Feb. 1870 > Joel Loy b. about 1874 > James Henry Loy b. 25 Dec. 1877 > all above born in Tennessee > > James Henry Loy married > Pollyanna Lemons (b. March 1883) in 1899 - 1900. > Children: > Mattie Bell > James Henry, Jr. > William Ernest > Cora Ann > > All the above information is from Rhea County Census data and Family > Bible. I think that Eliza was Yancy's 3rd wife. Others from census > were Mary __ and Sarah __. > > Hope to find some cousins. > Cindy Strickland > Cincinnati, OH Cindy, >From "A Compendium of Rhea and Meigs Counties TN, 1808 - 1850" page 254 LOY 1840 Census Yancy Loy 00001-21001 1850 Census Yancy Loy 33 (NC)(Farmer), Sarah 40 (NC), Elizabeth 15 (NC), Sarah M. 13 (NC), Mary J. 11, George W. 8, Priscilla 6 p. 580-290 I would say that Yancy probably married Sarah in NC. >From "Rhea County, TN, Census, Marriages, and Tax Records 1850-1900" Marriages: Yancy Loy to Eliza Hassey, Mar 14, 1865 (Mar 17), W W Low JP 1-#1088 Martha Loy to Sam Lemons Jan 8, 1889 (Jan 10), D L Ferris? MG 1-567 Priscilla Loy to Wm E KeelenApr 3 1861 (Mar 4), E Pyott JP 1-#751 Elizabeth Loy to John Keeling,Sep 1, 1860 (Sep 2), J I Cash MG 1-#724 Jane Loy to James Hale, Dec 11,1867 (Dec 12), G W Renfro MG 1-#987 1860 Census Yancy Loy 45, Mary 40, Elizabeth 25, Jane 22, George 20, Priscilla 18, Malinda 16 1-96-652 1870 Census Malinda Loy 32, Hubbert W 12, Jqane A 10 1-2-14 Yancy Loy 52, Eliza 25, John W 7, Nancy A 4, Martha J 2, Sarah S 4/12 1-22-143 1880 Census Eliza Loy 30, John 15, Nancy 13, Martha 11, Sarah 8, Joel 6, James 2 12-5-40 Notice the age difference's between 1870-1880. 1900 Census Meigs County James ? Loy -- (--M O), Polly 17 (Mar 1883-M 0-0) 7-67a-72 Ahhhhaaa! In Meigs county there is a marriage copied as: Henry (James Henry?) Loyd to Polley Lemons, Nov 28, 1899 (Nov 30), James Edgemon JP 6-542 Hope this helps a little Larry

I need some help with lookup at Rhea Co courthouse. I am looking for the W.W.I veterans registration for Moses Coleman JOHNSON. I need the location of where he enlisted or registered for the draft. Sometimes he went by just Coleman Johnson but not sure how military records are registered. If there is a mention of his company or unit that would also be helpful. Thanks for any help Barbara

I am new to this board and wanted to present my research to date. Yancy Loy b. about 1818 in Tennessee or North Carolina married Eliza ?? b. about 1845 in Tennessee Children: John W. Loy b. about 1864 Nancy A. Loy b. about 1866 Martha J. Loy b. about 1868 Sarah S. Loy b. Feb. 1870 Joel Loy b. about 1874 James Henry Loy b. 25 Dec. 1877 all above born in Tennessee James Henry Loy married Pollyanna Lemons (b. March 1883) in 1899 - 1900. Children: Mattie Bell James Henry, Jr. William Ernest Cora Ann All the above information is from Rhea County Census data and Family Bible. I think that Eliza was Yancy's 3rd wife. Others from census were Mary __ and Sarah __. Hope to find some cousins. Cindy Strickland Cincinnati, OH

In a message dated 4/15/99 9:20:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time, TNRHEA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Larry A. Beach" <BANJOB@todays-tech.com >> You were a doll to do that look up for the 1840 census info. I wonder if I could impose upon you for some information you may have on my Styers family. My Anna Styers married Moses Trimble 1809 in Rhea County. I have that record. I wonder if there may be anything else in your records that would say whether of not Henry Styers is her father. And whether or not Richard TRIMBLE is the father of Moses. I am researching WILHELM, TRIMBLE, and STYERS in Rhea County, TN. Thanks, Wynell

Kelly Blizzard wrote: > > Hi I am new to this list and am hopeing someone with the 1840 Rhea > census could do a look up for me. Valentine Houpt,I know he`s there > just can`t get my hands on him :) Thank you to the kind soul who helps > me :) Kelly Kelly, >From "A Compendium of Rhea and Meigs Counties, TN 1808 - 1850" HOUPT RHEA County 1830 Census Valentine Houpt 12001001-111101 p. 393 1840 Census Valentine Houpt 0101000001-0010001 1850 Census Margaret Houpt 27: living with John Taff Mary Houpt 53 (VA), Sarah 26, Adeline 22, Benjamin F. 17 (Farmer), John A. 4 p.578-280 Valentine Houpt 85: living with Berryman G. Mather Misc: Valentine Houpt: Bondsman for Christian Carrell, 1827 Valentine Houpt: Revolutionary War Pensioner ? Valentine Houpt: Hiwassee District Marriages Alcy R. Houpt to Sarah Perigin, July 27, 1842, James W. Vernon and Levi W. Ferguson Bm (A) Jane Houpt to John Taff, Jan 10, 1831 (Jan 13), D.L. Godsey MG (R) Mariah Houpt to Edward Henson, March 30, 1830 (same), Joseph McCorkle JP, Samuel Bass Bm (AR) Meigs Margaret Houpt to Samuel Hardy, Oct 2, 1850, Calvin Rice Sur >From "Rhea County, TN Land Entry Book 1824-1889 and 1902-1929" Page 88 Val. Houpt "State of Tennessee, Rhea COunty In pursuance of an entry made by Valentine Houpt of No. 297 and dated April 3rd 1838 for 300 acres of land in Rhea County." then a description of the land and a small drawing of the 300 acres. Send me a snail mail address and I will send you a copy of this page. Hope this helps Larry

Hi I am new to this list and am hopeing someone with the 1840 Rhea census could do a look up for me. Valentine Houpt,I know he`s there just can`t get my hands on him :) Thank you to the kind soul who helps me :) Kelly

Would like to hear from anyone researching the CASTEEL family(s) who were in Rhea County in 1830. Other surnames I'm interested in: RESER/REESER/etc., LANGFORD/LANKFORD. Don Reser DLReser@aol.com

-----Original Message----- From: REzell5149@aol.com <REzell5149@aol.com> To: TNRHEA-L@rootsweb.com <TNRHEA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 8:38 AM Subject: list test >testing Came in loud and clear on my end. Kevin D.Clapp mac-tire@nts-online.net

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Here are the children of my PETERS ancestors plus their spouses. Would be most interested in where they went and who their children/grandchildren were. I know some went to Barry Co., MO and some of mine went to Benton (now Calhoun) Co., AL and then onwards to Caldwell, Burleson Co., TX. William PETERS children: Mary = Isaac THOMPSON (Capt.) Bruton = 1) Sarah HILL (no children?) 2) Agnes HUTCHESON Joseph = Nancy HUTCHESON Nancy = Thomas KELLY Elizabeth = George MONROE Joseph PETERS children: William = 1) Jane L. JOHNSON; 2) Lucy PETERS Charles = 1) Elizabeth VAUGHN; 2) Ellen N. (TURNIPSEED) BROWN Bruton = Margaret PORTER [my ancestors] Catherine = Audley P. CALDWELL Louisa Jane = Ellerson Thomas BLAIR Rebecca Ann = John HOYL or HOYAL Bruton PETERS' children: Joseph Burton (sic? this is probably Joseph Bruton after grandfather) = Susanna McGILL Mary "Polly" = Lindsay McCARY (various spellings) Catherine = William RECTOR Harriet J. = William HOUNSHELL There were 3 daughters who never married and died without issue. I have more on these people at my webpage under PETERS as listed below: Lucy Barron http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~lbarron 253 S. Walpole St. Sharon, MA 02067-1606

Brenda, All my information is on the children of Audley CALDWELL and his wife Catherine PETERS. Catherine was sister to my ancestor Bruton PETERS, son of Joseph PETERS. I have what I know (with references!) posted on my website at: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~lbarron Rhea Co. names I have posted are PETERS and HUTCHESON (I need to work on this line a little more as I have some updated info. on HUTCHESON) with BRUTON being a name further back into NC that intermarried with PETERS. You are most welcome to look, copy and inquire into whatever I have. But please remember me in your sources! :D Lucy Sharon, MA At 12:40 AM 4/1/99 EST, JHart5313@aol.com wrote: >Lucy and Gayle > Have some information on Nancy L. Caldwell >daughter of David and Elizabeth Caldwell...Would >love to share information. > Brenda >

Trying again, Anyone researching the McPhersons who were in early Rhea County? Paul WhitePaul@aol.com

PETERS of Rhea County, TN Polly A (Mary) Peters 1821-1892 m. 1837 Rhea Co. to Lindsey McCary 1817-1880 Children: 1) John P McCary b 1842 m. 1) Sarah Rice b. 1849 Tn m. 1878 2) Allice Wood Children: Charles b.1868, Leonidus P b. 1872, Magdalene b 1877 2) Joseph B McCary b 1843 d 1870 m 1867 to Mary Bare 3) Agnes Ann McCary b 1845- 1892 m. 1870 to James Montgomery b. 1835-1925 Children: Albert b 1872, Liddia b 1873, Finis b 1874, James b 1875, Joseph T. b. 1877 4) Franklin C McCary b. 1849 m. 1874 to Mary A Herrall Child: Walter McCary 1879-1881 5) Nancy Harriet McCary b 1854 6) Lindsey McCary 1856-1884 7. James M McCary b 1858 - 1927 m. 1881 to Alice C McCall 1862-1915 8) Mary E McCary b 1864 Missouri Lindsey was a Cabinet Maker in Rhea County. He and Polly (Peters) moved to Barry Co. Mo. shortly before the Civil War. He was the last of three brothers to leave Rhea County. Henry McCary and Jane Thompson settled in Barry County in 1838. Sons, John and Joseph joined the Confederate Army along with son in law James Montgomery. Will take a look at the other PETERS family members to see which others may have relocated to Barry County. Lucy, It is interesting that your address is Sharon. I lived nearby in Medfield before moving to the Cape several years ago. bill

angelfire.com/tn/Barnett go in and take a look, to see if you can find some connections, don't look at the mistakes, I am still working on it, My first Sandra

Does anyone have the 1870 census for Hamilton Co.? My gg-grandfather was there in 1860, but don't really know where he was in 1870. If anyone has them, would you do a look up for SHOOPMAN? Thanks in advance, Syvilla Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com