I hope all of you Roane & Rhea County researchers that I've seen interested in the McPherson line know that there is a MCPHERSON list. If you are interested you can just send the command "subscribe" to McPHERSON-L-request@rootsweb.com. Lila

Nancy CREWS and Martin E. PAUL received a land grant in Rhea Co, 1831 for 200 Acres on Walden Ridge. Martin Crews and Nancy Crews were both head of households in Rhea Co, 1830. 1840 Head of households were Nancy Crews and Mary Ann Crews (widow of Martin CREWS?) Hardy CREWS mortgaged the same land Nancy and Martin received and abt 1855 Rufus CREWSE sold the land and moved to MO. Rufus is my husband's ancestor. Am assuming Nancy to be his mother. Who was her husband??? Who is Martin E. PAUL??? Nancy's son in law??? In the census it showed 8 children for Nancy where did they all go? Jane Crews mar. P.M. HOLLOWAY 1843, James Crew mar Anna LAWSON, Rufus Crew mar. Mira WASSON 1844. Martin E. PAUL mar Martha CRUISE? A relative, Wm. WORTHINGTON, in Knox Co, TN wrote a letter to the Crewse family in MO in 1884. His mother wanted to come to MO and see her cousin, and he spoke of his sister Margaret had married Nathan SANDERS abt 1882. Are the Crews family in Rhea Co, from the ones in Knox Co?? Found where Nancy Margaret Worthington m Nathan SANDERS in 1881 Knox Co. Can anyone help with these people or anyone out there working on these families? Thanks so very much. Carol carboy@train.missouri.org

OK all of you cousins out there I need HELP. Here is the scoop. John and Sarah Barnett Rhea Co.. Tenn John died in1831in Rhea County Children were, Elizabeth, Married Samuel Minnink William, b abt 1800 ''' Margaret Momgomery Mary Polly, , b abt 1804""Randolph Hardwood John R. b abt 1807 Matilda West James R. 1810 Charlotte West Sarah b abt 1812 Joshua Goad Harrison , B1814 """ Jane Robertson and Hannah Marie Hassler George , B Abt 1821 Matilda Henry I have most of there children and on down, The problem is John and Sarah from Rhea Co. tenn any Help Please. Hopeful Sandra Barnett/Fry

John, I don't find Ruben Turner in the 1850-60-70-80 census in Rhea County, TN. Rhea County, TN 1900 Census: Reuben Turner 70 (June 1829-M 49), Alsa 67 (June 1832-M 49-8-8) 14-221B-163/167 >From Rhea County, TN Census, Marriages, Tax Lists, 1850-1900. Marriages: Willis McClendon to Elizabeth Garrison, Dec 17, 1852 (Dec 20), W Lloyd JP 1-#397 1860 Census: Willis McClendon 31 (NC), Elizabeth 26, John 5, Amanda 2, Mary C. 2/12 9-99-672 1870 Census: Willis McClendal 41 (NC), Elizabeth 33, John 15, Amanda 12, Mary 10, Harriette 9, Benjamin S. 6, Elizabeth J. 3. 1-21-137 1875 Tax List: Willie McClendon W. Roddy/Jas Knox/Do/R Lemmons; 100a; tax, $6.16 D-1 1880 Census: W. McClendon 52, E L 45, C N 22 (d), Mary 20, Harriet 19, Sherman 17, E J 13 (d),S B 4 (d), 4-35-285 1900 Census: Willis McClendon 72 (May 1828-NC/NC/NC-Wd), Mary 40 (Dec 1859), Flora A 11 (July 1888), Nancy J 8 (July 1891) 14-221B-161/165 Hope this helps a little Larry

Hi! I am seeking information on Reubin Turner(b.1829) who married Elsie/Ailse/Alcy/Alsa McGlothern(McGlothin, McGauthin, McClauthin-sp?)in 1849. Both are buried in Wolf Creek Cem. next to Laura Tilley Turner(who is Laura Tilley Turner?) near Spring City,TN. I am also seeking information on Willis McClendon (b 1828) who married Elizabeth Garrison in 1852. Willis McClendon owned a farm in the Wolf Creek area which was divided among his heirs in 1906. A portion was left to his daughter Sarah Belle M. Turner. She was crippled by polio. These folks are my maternal gggrandparents. Mary

In case anyone hasn't heard, Ellis island is doing a project for putting all their immigration records in digital format. You will be able to order a printout directly from them without having to go through the laborious process of waiting for someone to manually search for your ancestor. Their database should be much more responsive. Check out the URL at http://www.ellisisland.org/history.html You can also read about it in a story on this San Francisco Newspaper site. http://nytsyn.com/IMDS%7CLatest_Columns%7Cread%7C/home/content/users/i mds/feeds/nytsyn/1999/02/04/cndin/1495-0141-pat_nytimes%7C/home/conten t/users/imds/feeds/nytsyn/1999/02/04/cndin/1498-0144-pat_nytimes%7C/ho me/content/users/imds/feeds/nytsyn/1999/02/0 It should be ready by the end of the year 2000. They still are accepting donations for charter members. Fred

Would like to exchange information on the James Casey and William Blackwood families who were in Rhea Co. by 1823. James Casey is not on the 1830 census but his wife Elizabeth and children are. A court record in Rhea excuses him from tax for the year 1830. Does this imply illness or old age? He was born ca. 1765 in Baltimore Co., MD, lived in old Yohagania Co., VA (which became Washington Co., PA), and was in Greene Co., NC/State of Franklin/TN by 1785, and in Grainger Co., TN by 1797. William Blackwood married James' sister, Elizabeth Casey.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_918337568_boundary Content-ID: <0_918337568@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_918337568_boundary Content-ID: <0_918337568@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: SFry205887@aol.com Return-path: <SFry205887@aol.com> To: TNRHEA-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: Barnett Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 16:24:43 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I have Searched the Barnett Family to Rhea Co., my Great Great Great Great Grandfather was there and raised his family, JOHN BARNETT married Sarah and I am at a brick wall there. I cannot find out where they came from, or Sarah's last name, I have all of there children, and most of who they married. Help!!!!!!! Sandra Barnett/Fry --part0_918337568_boundary--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_918255756_boundary Content-ID: <0_918255756@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_918255756_boundary Content-ID: <0_918255756@inet_out.mail.wanadoo.fr.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yc03.mx.aol.com (rly-yc03.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.35]) by air-yc04.mail.aol.com (v56.24) with SMTP; Fri, 05 Feb 1999 17:07:27 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yc03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id RAA07839; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 17:06:37 -0500 (EST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA15182; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:50:25 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:50:25 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199902052159.WAA22750@wanadoo.fr> Reply-To: <marie-francoise.vincent-paez@wanadoo.fr> From: "vincent-paez" <marie-francoise.vincent-paez@wanadoo.fr> Old-To: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: I search for my father Richard GRAY. Could you help me ? Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 23:00:13 +0100 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1160 Resent-Message-ID: <"sbOqg.A.rsD.de2u2"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2628 X-Loop: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable I am french. I have recently learned that I am Franco-American. My name is Claude Richard and I live in the southern part of France. The circumstances surrounding my birth were concealed from me until recently. My father is Richard Gray and this is what I know about him: =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 1. He was in Oran, Algeria, during few months until en= d November, 1943 . =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 2. He may well have been in the US Army. His provision= al camp was not near the harbor or the airport. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 3. He was almost 6 feet, with light brown hair, and bl= ue eyes. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 4. His military base was situated southeast of Oran, b= etween the Choupot area and the Cuvelier area (near Cite Petit). A road separated the base from a big Algerian market hall. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 5. His dress uniform was a khaki jacket made of silky = cloth. He had a cap and wore high shoes and gaiters. 6. My father was an "MP" (military police). =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 7. His friends called him Dick and he had a friend cal= led Mike. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 8. He apparently came back to the States, it seems bef= ore the end of the war. 9. He was in Oran until around 15 November - beginning December 1943. He came back in Oran : he had a few days'leave at the end of December 1943. Last day I saw my uncle (my mother's brother) and he has remembered that, in Oran at that time, rolling stock (jeep, truck, motor-driven, etc..excep= t tank or plane) were unloaded in Oran (Oran harbor or Mers El Kebir harbor= ) then conveyed to the camp where was my father in Oran. This rolling stock were conveyed (by boat) from US in separate pieces. In this camp, there wa= s a very large shed (named Les Halles) where american soldiers and french men re-assembled rolling stock. In my uncle's opinion, they were around 4.000 - 5.000 soldiers in this camp. My father was MP in this camp. I have tried to find my father without success. The results of my research are condensed below. In the fall of 1943, an American soldier named Richard Gray, between 19 and 23, was based at Oran in Algeria. There he met a young woman, my mother Lucienne Martin, 17 years old. They became very fond of each other and planned to be married. Richard received wedding dress photos from his sister who lived in the U.S. At the end of 1943 (end november or beginning december) Richard Gray was transfered to another, unknown to me, place to continue the war. He should have been informed by mail of my birth, probably in September, 1944. This story might be common place, but some troubling, complicating events intervened in this love story. Richard wrote often to my mother during the war and after he returned to the US. He said that he wanted to marry her; he expressed it in his letters. Unfortunately, my grandmother intercepted and destroyed all of his letters. She did not want this marriage to take place - it would mean that her daughter and grandson would move to the USA. I recently learned in March, 1998, from my mother the circumstances surrounding my birth. During this 54 year period, my mother thought she had been deserted, in a cowardly manner, by her fiance . To be deserted pregnant at a tender age was very difficult. I made several inquiries in my family in 1998 and I began to learn severa= l things from an aunt. Before her death in 1977, my grandmother confided to my aunt that she had destroyed all correspondence between them as well as a few papers belonging to my mother. While she never knew Richard Gray, the account of my aunt was a good one and all of her explanations were later verified. In September, 1998 I finally learned the truth to my mother (the destroying of letters). The burdening facts that she was a deserted woman and an unmarried mother were out and, at that time, she told me my father's name. The passing years and the efforts to forget have resulted in fading memories. I have created this site, attempting to look for my father. Here I have placed a photo of my mother at that time. I have written lot of emails to Gray Families who have adress email on th= e web. I continue to use all the opportunities of the internet in my search. The surname Gray is a very common one in the US. If Richard Gray can be located, if he wishes, he will be able to contact me. I only want to know if he is alive, any details of my American family= , and if he has been informed of my search. It's VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW the name of his Army. Is there a veteran who was in Oran during the WWW II and would answer me = ? Please excuse me for any improprieties. I would like very much to find him still living If you have no knowledge of my father, if you could forward this request to veterans , and ask them to do the same, Thank you very much for all your help. Yours sincerely, Mr. Claude Richard PAEZ Allee du Vent d'Est - Les Vautes N=B0 7 83320 - Carqueiranne - FRANCE phone : +33 4 94 58 75 09 My Story site : http://aa-ienet.com/RICHARD.htm e-mail : marie-francoise.vincent-paez@wanadoo.fr ******************************************************* Thank you your help. =09WHAT I HAVE MADE I subscribe to lot of veterans web site, missing persons, forums, genealogics sites, all sites Army, news, shows, etc .. I or lot of people have inserted my letter to all sites. Without my father birth date, it's difficult to write from the all families who have an Richard Gray dead. I don't have more informations about my father. =09COULD YOU HELP ME ? =09 Only : I ask you to forward my letter to people you know, and ask them t= o do the same, it is possible that this message will eventually reach some one with knowledge of my father I have tried all the solutions, it is the last attempt to find my father or my Gray family *************************************************************** --part0_918255756_boundary--

Larry: Please contact me directly re: your Martin's. I have some and maybe we can figure something out between the two of us. Mine are pretty much a mystery to me. Kathi Jones-Hudson Truly Genealogy Addicted http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/4395 ____________________________________________________________________ More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail

Researching the Powell/Murphree families who came to Rhea Co from Pendleton Dist SC @1808. James Powell married Mazdy Murphree 1807 Pendleton Dist. Marriage performed by David Murphree. Her father or perhaps her grandfather could be William Murphree. William and David were brothers, parents were Daniel and Sarah Dempsey Murphree. William had a known son Allen living there in Rhea Co.(Also David). Other Powell's in Rhea who are possibly kin were Nicholas, Green, and Scott. The James Powell family left Rhea @1833 for Blount Co AL. William Murphree's wife was Hannah--- and he evidently died @1834. If anyone can see any connections or give clues on William's family, I will be glad to share what I have. Thanks, Dickey L. Powell

Update on Vitatoe. Found some info in the Rhea County Cemetery Book. Anyone have any fills for me I'd appreciate it. How's it look Ray? Fred Descendants of Stephen Vitatoe 1 Stephen VITATOE b: Bet. 1810 - 1815 Kentucky d: Bet. 1870 - 1880 in Clinton Co., KY .. +Elizabeth DUNCAN b: Bet. 1809 - 1810 in Tennessee d: July 10, 1897 in Cumberland Co., TN Burial: Haleys Grove Cem., Crab Orchard, Tn. .. 2 Joseph VITATOE b: Abt. 1835 in Illinois ...... +Elizabeth HAYES m: November 06, 1855 in Rhea Co., TN (Elijah Brewer, J. P.) Father: James HAYES Mother: Lydia BREWER ...... 3 John M. VITATOE ...... 3 William VITATOE ...... 3 Sarah J. VITATOE ...... 3 Rachel Ellen VITATOE b: January 29, 1876 in Harlan or Albany, KY d: June 07, 1966 in Spring City, Rhea Co., TN Burial: Section V of Spring City Cemetery .......... +George Madison EZELL b: March 10, 1869 in Rockwood, Rhea Co., TN m: May 22, 1892 in Roane Co., TN d: January 22, 1931 in Spring City, Rhea Co., TN Burial: Section V of Spring City Cemetery .......... 4 Arthur Covall EZELL b: April 16, 1893 in Rhea Co., TN Occupation: Railroader d: April 29, 1979 in Rhea Co., TN Burial: Section P of Spring City Cemetery .............. +Hettie THURMAN b: January 06, 1898 d: January 04, 1975 in Rhea Co., TN Burial: Section P of Spring City Cemetery .. 2 Nancy A. VITATOE b: Abt. 1837 ...... +John J. HAYES m: Abt. 1854 Father: James HAYES Mother: Lydia BREWER .. 2 [2] William VITATOE b: March 1838 in Tennessee ...... +Louisa b: Abt. 1842 in Tennessee m: Abt. 1858 in Cumberland Co., TNd: Abt. 1884 ...... 3 [1] James Lewis VITATOE b: April 12, 1860 in Cumberland Co., TN d: December 25, 1933 .......... +Amanda PRICE b: August 25, 1868 m: May 29, 1887 in Cumberland Co., TN d: December 11, 1897 ...... *2nd Wife of [1] James Lewis Vitatoe: .......... +Matilda BAIN m: 1903 ...... 3 Stephen Clark VITATOE b: Abt. 1862 in Cumberland Co., TN ...... 3 Elizabeth VITATOE b: Abt. 1866 in Cumberland Co., TN ...... 3 Lidia Francis VITATOE b: January 1871 in Clinton Co., KY .......... +William Thomas WALDEN b: September 1863 in Tennessee m: November 14, 1885 in Rhea Co., TN (W. R. Clacks J.P.) Father: Thomas WALDEN Mother: Louisa M. .......... 4 B. Elbert WALDEN b: March 1889 .......... 4 Thomas A. WALDEN b: August 1891 .......... 4 Lidia E. WALDEN b: April 1895 .......... 4 Stephen D. WALDEN b: August 1897 .......... 4 Robert WALDEN b: January 1900 ...... 3 William Travis VITATOE b: January 06, 1872 in Clinton Co., KY d: May 11, 1949 in Cumberland Co., TN Burial: Mt. Zion Church Cemetary .......... +Rosa STELLMAN m: Abt. 1897 ...... 3 Mary VITATOE b: Abt. 1874 in Clinton Co., KY ...... 3 John VITATOE b: Abt. 1879 in Clinton Co., KY .. *2nd Wife of [2] William Vitatoe: ...... +Eliza J. b: July 1864 in Tennessee m: Abt. 1884 ...... 3 Andrew Jackson VITATOE b: January 21, 1892 in Roane Co. TN d: May 16, 1951 in Roane Co. TN Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetary .......... +Ester GRIFFITH m: August 26, 1916 ...... 3 Charles VITATOE b: April 1893 in Tennessee ...... 3 Cora Mae VITATOE b: August 1896 in Tennessee d: Abt. 1936 in Cleveland, TN .. 2 Elizabeth VITATOE b: Abt. 1841 .. 2 Mary VITATOE b: Abt. 1842 ...... +John HUDDLESTON m: October 09, 1855 in Rhea Co., TN (Elijah Brewer, J. P.) .. 2 John Marion VITATOE b: February 01, 1842 in Kentucky d: January 04, 1899 in Cumberland Co., TN Burial: Haleys Grove , Crab Orchard, Tn. ...... +Sarah E. DEROSSETT b: October 11, 1846 in Morgan Co., TN m: August 30, 1868 in Crab Orchard, Cumberland Co., TN d: July 01, 1927 in Cumberland Co., TN Father: Marvel R. DEROSSETT Mother: Myra HOLLOWAY ...... 3 Andrew Jackson VITATOE b: March 17, 1873 in Crab Orchard, Cumberland Co., TN d: February 22, 1952 .......... +Altha SHERRILL b: March 06, 1879 in Cumberland Co., TN m: March 03, 1901 in Cumberland Co., TN d: May 02, 1937 in Cumberland Co., TN Father: Adam SHERRILL Mother: Mary Elizabeth HARRIS .. 2 Steven Clark VITATOE b: Abt. 1846 in Tennessee d: March 19, 1943 in Rhea Co., TN Burial: Section W of Spring City Cemetery ...... +Amanda MCCULLEY b: 1876 m: April 27, 1895 in Rhea Co., TN d: July 09, 1957 in Rhea Co., TN Burial: Section W of Spring City Cemetery Father: William Hamilton MCCULLEY Mother: Nellie Jane DENTON ...... 3 Charles VITATOE ...... 3 Roy R. VITATOE b: April 27, 1902 in Rhea Co., TN d: December 11, 1965 Burial: Section XII of Spring City Cemetery .......... +Louise A. b: November 07, 1921 ...... 3 Nellie VITATOE b: 1893 in Rhea Co., TN d: April 18, 1966 in Rhea Co., TN Burial: Spring City Cemetery .......... +William M. NEAL b: 1888 d: September 13, 1977 in Rhea Co., TN Burial: Spring City Cemetery ...... 3 Creed VITATOE b: 1904 ...... 3 Gladys VITATOE b: 1906 ...... 3 Clarence M. VITATOE b: April 30, 1909 in Rhea Co., TN Military service: Tech 4 US Army WWII BSM-PH d: March 25, 1963 in Tennessee Burial: Section W of Spring City Cemetery ...... 3 Ruth Burel VITATOE b: September 02, 1913d: July 16, 1987 in Rhea Co., TNBurial: Spring City Cemetary .......... +Henley REED b: February 03, 1902 d: February 18, 1989 in Rhea Co., TN Burial: Spring City Cemetary Father: George Washington REED Mother: Cathy ROWE .......... 4 Donald Lynn REED b: March 31, 1938 d: December 16, 1969 in Rhea Co., TN Burial: Spring City Cemetery ....... 3 Virginia VITATOE b: 1916 .. 2 Jermiah VITATOE b: Abt. 1847 .. 2 Eliza VITATOE b: Abt. 1848 .. 2 George W. VITATOE b: Abt. 1852 .. 2 Charles M. VITATOE b: Abt. 1853 .. 2 Rachel VITATOE b: Abt. 1855 in Rhea Co., TN

Ray, Don't have much, but here it is. >From Rhea County, TN Census, Marriage, Tax Records 1850 - 1900: VITIVO /VITTITO / CEDETOE Joseph Vetito to Elizabeth Haze, Nov 6, 1855 (Nov 8), E Bower JP 1-#528 >From "History of Rhea County, TN": Bio about Nellie J. DENTON Nellie J. Denton, sister of Jerry Lee and Edward Denton, was born in NC in Jul 1842(date on 1900 census). She married William McCulley of NC in 1864 in Rhea County, TN. They lived in Spring City. Child: Amanda McCulley (born 1875) married Clark VITATOE on April 27, 1895, in Rhea County. Issue: Nell (married Bill Neal), Gladys, Ruth (married Henley "Bottle" Reed), Virginia, Roy, Clarence, Charles, and Creed. That's all I found. Larry

i am looking for information on the family of joseph vitatoe (vitetoe) b. 1835. he married mary elizabeth hayes b. 1840 in tn. they were marr. 11-6-1855 in rhea county, tn. their children were john m. sarah j. william l. rachael ellen (my g-grandmother) b. 1-1876 joseph's father was stephen vitatoe b. ca. 1810 and died ca 1870 in clinton co. ky he marr. elizabeth duncan b. 1809 in tn and died 7/1897 in cumberland co. tn. anything would help thanks ray ezell

J. L. Stevenson: >From "Rhea County, TN, Census, Marriage and Tax records, 1850 thru 1900" COVAL / COVALL Marriages: James Coval to Sarah Moore, Sep 16, 1860 (same), T H McPherson JP 1-#727 Thomas Coval to Mary Porter, Sep 30, 1896 (same), H B Burditt MG, R J Killough W 2-71 William Covall to Eliza Powers, July 17, 1869 (July 18), John Howard MG 1-#1106 Only Coval/Covall/Covell in census 1850 to 1900 Rhea County is: 1880 Census Samuel L Coval 22, Mary E 23, Thomas E 1 6-13-120 >From "Rhea county, TN 1920 Census: Graysville 169-170 Thomas Covell 49 TN TN TN Hosierymill Mary 36 TN TN TN Elva 18 TN TN TN Daughter Beulah 16 TN TN TN Hazel 5 TN TN TN Dallas 1&7/12TN TN TN Larry

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1D0718AECE89117135F8293E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am looking for Covell family. Thomas Covell born in the 1870's I believe. Raised family in Graysville area. TNRHEA-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > TNRHEA-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 10 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Collins/Woodard [Woodchippy@aol.com] > #2 Re: Collins/Woodard ["Larry A. Beach" <BANJOB@todays-te] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from TNRHEA-D, send a message to > > TNRHEA-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Collins/Woodard > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:45:35 EST > From: Woodchippy@aol.com > To: TNRHEA-L@rootsweb.com > > Does anyone have anything on Sally Collins who married Charles Woodard in Rhea > in 1821? Her parents? His Parents? > Thanks > Edna Clack > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Collins/Woodard > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 18:58:15 -0600 > From: "Larry A. Beach" <BANJOB@todays-tech.com> > To: TNRHEA-L@rootsweb.com > > Edna, > >From "A Compendium of Rhea and Meigs Counties, TN 1808 through 1850": > Taxes - Rhea: > 1819 John & Charles Woodward 2 WP, 175a > 1823 John & Charles Woodward 2 WP, 140a > > Rhea Census: > 1830: > Chas. Woodwood* 1000001-21000101 p. 393 > *Clearly written Woodwood > 1840: > Charles Woodward 00100001-0122001 > 1850: > Charles Woodward 61 (Farmer), John E. 25 (Farmer), Margaret 22 (Idiot), > Dorthala 18, Elizabeth 53, Nancy TYSON 56 (SC) p. 584-321 > Marriages: > Charles Woodward to Sally Collins, Oct 6, 1821 (same), H. Collins JP, > William Wollins Fm (AR) > Not in 1860, 70, 80, 1900 census. > >From "Rhea County, TN Census, Marriage and Tax Records, 1850 thru 1900" > Marriages: > Darthula Woodward to Elisha Ellison, June 9,1852 (June 10), D Broyles JP > 1-#376. > > Larry --------------1D0718AECE89117135F8293E Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="jls1.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for J. L. Stevenson Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="jls1.vcf" begin:vcard n:Stevenson;J. L. tel;fax:423 570-8891 tel;home:423 570-8241 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 email;internet:jls1@earthlink.net adr;quoted-printable:;;1718 Walkertown Rd.=0D=0A;Dayton;TN;37321-6402; end:vcard --------------1D0718AECE89117135F8293E--

Edna, >From "A Compendium of Rhea and Meigs Counties, TN 1808 through 1850": Taxes - Rhea: 1819 John & Charles Woodward 2 WP, 175a 1823 John & Charles Woodward 2 WP, 140a Rhea Census: 1830: Chas. Woodwood* 1000001-21000101 p. 393 *Clearly written Woodwood 1840: Charles Woodward 00100001-0122001 1850: Charles Woodward 61 (Farmer), John E. 25 (Farmer), Margaret 22 (Idiot), Dorthala 18, Elizabeth 53, Nancy TYSON 56 (SC) p. 584-321 Marriages: Charles Woodward to Sally Collins, Oct 6, 1821 (same), H. Collins JP, William Wollins Fm (AR) Not in 1860, 70, 80, 1900 census. >From "Rhea County, TN Census, Marriage and Tax Records, 1850 thru 1900" Marriages: Darthula Woodward to Elisha Ellison, June 9,1852 (June 10), D Broyles JP 1-#376. Larry

Does anyone have anything on Sally Collins who married Charles Woodard in Rhea in 1821? Her parents? His Parents? Thanks Edna Clack

Looking for any info on my wife's Martin line, this is all I have: John A. Martin b. Dec 1847 in TN m. Elizabeth Jane Gross Jan 2, 1873, in Meigs County, TN. Elizabeth b. Jan 1846 in TN; John died probably before 1920 in Meigs County, TN, Elizabeth d. bef 1910 in Meigs County, TN. John & Elizabeth's children: Charley Martin b. Sep 17, 1878 in TN, m. abt 1899 in Meigs County, TN to Sarah Louann Newell, d. Nov 15, 1901 in TN. Children of Charley and Sarah: Willie Marie Martin b. Jan 8, 1900 Big Spring, Meigs, TN (my wife's mother). m. Wasson Hoyal McCabe Oct 7, 1917 in Rhea County, TN. She died Jan 19, 1985. This is their only child John Preston Martin b. Mar 3, 1885 in Meigs County, TN, m.1) Amanda Hughes, 2) Annie Henderly; no children (this info from Alice Colbaugh who was raised by John Martin and is currently living in TN) He d. Jan 3, 1968 in Cleveland, Bradley, TN. Mary Martin, b. Nov 1888 in Meigs County, TN; d. 1924 in Insane Asylum in Knoxville, TN. Any info on John A Martin, his siblings, or parents would be greatly appreciated. Larry MO

Came across this from a friend today. Seemed to have some relevance to study of genealogy. Some very colorful tombstones and some that if found would make you wonder who's buried there. Enjoy the break. Who knows, you may even find a relative here! But I doubt it..... Fred Epitaphs On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova Scotia: Here lies Ezekial Aikle Age 10 2 The Good Die Young. In a London, England cemetery: Ann Mann Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid But died an old Mann. Dec. 8, 1767 In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery: Anna Wallace The children of Israel wanted bread And the Lord sent them manna, Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna. Playing with names in a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery: Here lies Johnny Yeast Pardon me For not rising. Memory of an accident in a Uniontown, Pennsylvania cemetery: Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake Stepped on the gas Instead of the brake. In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery: Here lays Butch, We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger, But slow on the draw. A widow wrote this epitaph in a Vermont cemetery: Sacred to the memory of my husband John Barnes who died January 3, 1803 His comely young widow, aged 23, has many qualifications of a good wife, and yearns to be comforted. A lawyer's epitaph in England: Sir John Strange Here lies an honest lawyer, And that is Strange. Someone determined to be anonymous in Stowe, Vermont: I was somebody. Who, is no business Of yours. Lester Moore was a Wells, Fargo Co. station agent for Naco, Arizona in the cowboy days of the 1880's. He's buried in the Boot Hill Cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona: Here lies Lester Moore Four slugs from a .44 No Les No More. In a Georgia cemetery: "I told you I was sick!" John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery: Reader if cash thou art In want of any Dig 4 feet deep And thou wilt find a Penny. On Margaret Daniels grave at Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia: She always said her feet were killing her but nobody believed her. In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England: On the 22nd of June - Jonathan Fiddle - Went out of tune. Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls, Vermont has an epitaph that sounds like something from a Three Stooges movie: Here lies the body of our Anna Done to death by a banana It wasn't the fruit that laid her low But the skin of the thing that made her go. More fun with names with Owen Moore in Battersea, London, England: Gone away Owin' more Than he could pay. Someone in Winslow, Maine didn't like Mr. Wood: In Memory of Beza Wood Departed this life Nov. 2, 1837 Aged 45 yrs. Here lies one Wood Enclosed in wood One Wood Within another. The outer wood Is very good: We cannot praise The other. On a grave from the 1880's in Nantucket, Massachusetts: Under the sod and under the trees Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. He is not here, there's only the pod: Pease shelled out and went to God. The grave of Ellen Shannon in Girard, Pennsylvania is almost a consumer tip: Who was fatally burned March 21, 1870 by the explosion of a lamp filled with "R.E. Danforth's Non-Explosive Burning Fluid" Oops! Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York: Born 1903--Died 1942 Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was. In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery: Here lies an Atheist All dressed up And no place to go.