Dear Janice, Thanks so much for the Castleman info. My husband hasn't worked on his Castleman line in years, but I'm sure this will prove extremely helpful when he does FINALLY get around to them. I find that the little bit of Castleman info and the HUGE amount of Mauldin info I'm sending to you might be better as an attachment, which I hate to post on the Rutherford board. Can you send me your own e-mail address? Nancy breidenthal@nidlink.com

Hi Nancy, As far back as I've gone on my MAULDIN line is to Blake Marcus MAULDIN b. 1816 in AL. I don't know where he married, but he is found on the 1840 Tishomingo Co., MS census and stays there until the 1880s. He moved to Wise Co., TX to be with some of his children and died there in 1900. Blake's father was born in NC according to most census reports from 1880-1900. My husband's CASTLEMAN folks are from Rutherford Co., TN: Henry CASSELMAN and Elizabeth GILLESPIE. Which line is yours? How I would love to find out something about Elizabeth Gillespie Castleman's parents and ancestors! Here is an outline of this family: Descendants of Henry Casselman 1 Henry CASSELMAN b: 1781 in Westmoreland Co. PA? d: March 18, 1849 in Davidson Co., TN .. +Elizabeth GILLESPIE m: January 31, 1807 in Davidson Co., TN b: 1788 in NC d: 1869 in Davidson Co., TN .. 2 Margaret CASTLEMAN b: September 10, 1807 in Davidson Co., TN d: July 1888 in Davidson Co., TN ...... +William W. PUGH, Jr. m: December 23, 1823 in Rutherford Co., TN b: Abt. 1805 in TN d: Bef. 1895 in Obion Co., TN Father: William Pugh .. 2 Sarah CASTLEMAN b: Abt. 1808 in Davidson Co., TN d: Aft. 1860 in TN ...... +Alfred Burrell GRUBBS m: January 14, 1830 in Rutherford Co., TN b: Abt. 1806 in VA .. 2 Mary Ann CASTLEMAN b: 1809 in Davidson Co., TN ...... +Thomas W. GRUBBS m: February 09, 1830 in Davidson Co., TN b: 1809 d: July 1849 in Davidson Co., TN .. 2 John G. CASTLEMAN b: 1810 in Davidson Co., TN d: 1850 in TN ...... +Martha Ann HURT m: November 06, 1827 in Davidson Co., TN b: 1810 in VA Father: Josiah Hurt .. 2 William Washington CASTLEMAN b: December 29, 1812 in Rutherford Co., TN d: July 08, 1899 in Rutherford Co., TN ...... +Martha Patricia TENNISON m: July 16, 1834 in Davidson Co., TN b: 1817 in TN d: Bef. 1899 in Rutherford Co., TN Father: John Tennison Mother: Polly Strong .. 2 Isaphenid F. CASTLEMAN b: 1814 in Rutherford Co., TN ...... +John Henry BONER m: December 09, 1849 in Davidson Co., TN b: Abt. 1805 .. 2 Burrell P. CASTLEMAN b: 1815 in Davidson Co., TN d: 1868 in Wilson Co., TN ...... +Geonetta BROOKS m: January 18, 1841 in Davidson Co., TN b: Abt. 1818 d: Abt. 1845 in TN .. *2nd Wife of Burrell P. CASTLEMAN: ...... +Rachael COOK m: November 08, 1853 in Davidson Co., TN b: Abt. 1818 in KY .. 2 PETE b: October 27, 1816 in Davidson Co., TN d: December 09, 1905 in Davidson Co., TN ...... +Jane JENKINS m: August 13, 1837 in Wilson Co., TN b: December 25, 1816 in VA d: April 09, 1905 in Davidson Co., TN Father: William Jenkins .. 2 Cynthia A. CASTLEMAN b: Abt. 1818 in Rutherford Co., TN d: Aft. 1860 in AR ...... +William A. SAUNDERS m: August 28, 1841 in Rutherford Co., TN b: Abt. 1812 in Rutherford Co., TN d: Aft. 1860 in AR Father: Elisha Sanders Mother: Zilly Dickenson .. 2 Elizabeth CASTLEMAN b: 1820 in Davidson Co., TN .. 2 Houston Lydell CASTLEMAN b: February 22, 1822 in Rutherford Co., TN d: August 02, 1913 in Davidson Co., TN ...... +Elizabeth T. MANN m: August 20, 1856 in Davidson Co., TN b: September 03, 1836 in TN d: January 31, 1921 in Smith Springs, TN Father: Thomas Mann Mother: Edith Evans .. 2 Latitia CASTLEMAN b: 1826 in Rutherford Co., TN ...... +Lewis C. GRIFFIN m: December 03, 1850 in Davidson Co., TN b: Abt. 1822 Regards - Janice Mauldin Castleman ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy D. Breidenthal To: TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [TNRUTHER] GenCircles - Favorite Genealogy On-line Searches Jancie, I have Mauldins in GA and SC, and my husband has Castlemans from TN. Which Mauldins are you from? Nancy Denty Breidenthal --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.276 / Virus Database: 145 - Release Date: 9/4/01

Jancie, I have Mauldins in GA and SC, and my husband has Castlemans from TN. Which Mauldins are you from? Nancy Denty Breidenthal

http://www.gencircles.com/ What a great place this is. I have many of my trees posted here and I love to check in occasionally to see if there are any new "matches". Regards, Janice Mauldin Castleman --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.276 / Virus Database: 145 - Release Date: 9/3/01

Mari, I am looking for an Abner Mason and his wife ? . His son Sion Wilson Mason was married in Rutherford Co in 1816, so Abner should be an early record. I have no idea yet where they lived. Thanks! Teri

The search engines on Rootsweb - especially the Texas Births, Deaths, Divorces, and Marriages - are great but everyone knows that already. Check out www.koreanwar.org for MIA-KIA Databases for the Korean War and Korean War history and www.fourthfightergroup.com for World War II Air Force squadrons and history. Julie

My favorite is google.....sometimes mamma.com Carla

My favorite genealogy research website is google, used thusly; "Doe" "John" "Tennessee" "Genealogy" Jim

Since it is nearly the weekend, and the list is so quiet, I am calling a special roll call. What is your favorite Genealogical website to do research on? Please use the subject ROLL CALL FAVORITE WEBSITE, so anyone that isn't interested can just delete that subject line. I'll start with http://www.vmi.edu/ This is the website of the Virginia Military Institute. They have lots of Civil War records online. I know it isn't really a Rutherford Co page, but since most of our Rutherford ancestors came from Virginia, it might be of help to someone. Anyone else? Teresa Ghee Elliott TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com List Owner

Hi everyone I am in a Genealogy Club at Yahoo and one of the pages I designed for Mom's Library(our club library)is a Webpage of Research Tools which includes many great search sites. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gcf2000/topics/search.html Additionally I could spend hours at the following pages... Happy Hunting Marie Beckman American Memory --Library of Congress http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/ Documenting the Amer. South http://docsouth.unc.edu/ The Avalon Project--Major Document Collection http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/major.htm The American Colonist's Library http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/ AMDOCS--Documents for the Study of American History http://www.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com

If I haven't gotten to your lookups I will. My oldest daughter had foot surgery two days ago and I've been helping her. Will get back to genealogy asap. Mari

Can anyone help Ann? You will need to email her. > From: ktravis@galis.com (KENNY TRAVIS) > > Please can anyone give me any info on Martha Vaughn She md James W Morgan > and is listed in the 1870 & 1880 census of Rutherford Co. I am trying to > find her parents. I don't have any info on other than her marriage.IF > ANYONE CAN HELP ME PLEASE RESOND > Ann > > Teresa Ghee Elliott TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com List Owner

Hi all, I am kinda new to list and this is the first time I have responded to anything. But yes.. Wilson Line Baptist Church is still there off of Jefferson Pike.. My Grandmother and all other family still go there. It is still without indoor plumbing and is still very small. The road is just past Jefferson Springs Rec Area and just before the bridge over the Lake.. There is a sign there that say Wilson Line Baptist Church. I am an Elliott.. My Grandmother's maiden name is Warrick and my Grandfather's last name was Gowan... Do I have any relatives on this list? Kaye Elliott >From: "Betty Brown" <betty524@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com >To: TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TNRUTHER] Wilson Line Baptist Church of Christ >Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 01:42:59 > >I have a picture of the Church, but when I wrote a leeter to the address, >it >was never answered.... > > > >Isn't there a sign on Jefferson Pike for the Wilson Line Baptist Church of >Christ? I'm usually driving a bit too fast through there so I may have >misread it. I'll slow down next time... >Mari > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > >==== TNRUTHER Mailing List ==== >Welcome to TNRUTHER-L >To unsubscribe send a message to TNRUTHER-L-Request@rootsweb.com >and put UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

My g.g.g.grandfather was Rev. James McDonnold, a Cumberland Presbyterian circuit rider born in Greene Co, TN. One of his sons was named Benjamin Lakin McDonnold. Benjamin Lakin was a rather famous Methodist circuit rider who was, I believe, at Cane Ridge in 1803 and who died in Ohio. At some point, the two Revs must have known each other.

It is difficult for me to get to Lebanon....or anywhere else, for that matter..LOL...but I am going to try soon.... Betty, Have you tried the Lebanon Library. They have some family information on families who lived in that area, they might have church records as well. Teresa Ghee Elliott TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com List Owner _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

I have a picture of the Church, but when I wrote a leeter to the address, it was never answered.... Isn't there a sign on Jefferson Pike for the Wilson Line Baptist Church of Christ? I'm usually driving a bit too fast through there so I may have misread it. I'll slow down next time... Mari _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Marie and Melissa.... My gr grandfather, Richard Woodroof, was also a traveling Evangelist for the Church of Christ...He took his family in a covered wagon all over middle Tennessee and my grandfather, Bernice Bender Woodroof, was born in that wagon....I would be interested in any information you might be able to find about these traveling Preachers...There is a Wilson Line Baptist Church of Christ on land that used to belong my Grandfather's family..It is on the banks of Percy Priest lake, close to where the Wilson and Rutherford county lines would neet if the lake were not there....I have been trying, Unsuccessfully, to find someone who knows something about the history of this Church.... Betty Yes would love to hear anything else you have. The person I'm looking for is my gr gr grandpa William Leon Acuff(born 1842 died 1898). He was a traveling preacher with either the Christian Church(Disciples of Christ) or the Church of Christ. The only census records i can find him in is the 1880 Census. He married Sarah McElroy in 1871. I'm told that they met when he was holding a meeting in 1869 at Antioch Church and I've been in search of where that Antioch church is. I figure it can't be far from the area where he finally settled and where his in laws were from as I can't find him with his parents in any census records. He settled in Van Buren Co. TN so I've been searching all of Middle TN area for Antioch Churches and trying to narrow them down by date of establishment and denomination. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

In a message dated 10/15/01 7:00:42 PM Central Daylight Time, betty524@hotmail.com writes: > banks of Percy Priest lake, close to where the Wilson and Rutherford county > lines would neet if the lake were not there....I have been trying, > Unsuccessfully, to find someone who knows something about the history of > this Church.... > > Betty > > > Betty, Have you tried the Lebanon Library. They have some family information on families who lived in that area, they might have church records as well. Teresa Ghee Elliott TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com List Owner

In a message dated 10/15/01 12:36:49 PM Central Daylight Time, marieclassof86@yahoo.com writes: > Is there anyone on the list that knows > anything about the Antioch Church located in > Rutherford Co? According to the GNIS site there were > two: one in Readyville quadrant and one in the > Walterhill quadrant. > > Marie, There is also an Antioch (First Baptist) Church in Davidson County, right over the line in Antioch. Most traveling preachers were Methodist. A few were Baptist. I think there was a book done on Methodist circuit riders. Can't remember the name, but I have a circuit rider ancestor, and I remember trying to find him listed in it. Teresa Ghee Elliott TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com List Owner

My great great grandfather, William Ezra M. Linfield, was a Methodist circuit rider. He lived in South Carolina in the mid 1800's and then moved to Holly Springs, Mississippi. There was an early Rutherford County Methodist preacher named Robert Paine, which is the name William gave his son. I've always thought that was neat since my Linfields were never in Middle Tennessee. Mari At 08:11 PM 10/15/2001 -0400, you wrote: >In a message dated 10/15/01 12:36:49 PM Central Daylight Time, >marieclassof86@yahoo.com writes: > > > > Is there anyone on the list that knows > > anything about the Antioch Church located in > > Rutherford Co? According to the GNIS site there were > > two: one in Readyville quadrant and one in the > > Walterhill quadrant. > > > > > >Marie, >There is also an Antioch (First Baptist) Church in Davidson County, right >over the line in Antioch. Most traveling preachers were Methodist. A few >were Baptist. I think there was a book done on Methodist circuit riders. >Can't remember the name, but I have a circuit rider ancestor, and I remember >trying to find him listed in it. >Teresa Ghee Elliott >TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com List Owner > > >==== TNRUTHER Mailing List ==== >TSLA has Tax Lists for RUTHERFORD County for:1809-1813, 1836, 1837, 1867, >1871, 1875, 1877-1881, 1883-1885, 1887-1900 >1849 was published as part of the WPA project