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    1. [TNRUTHER] Lost 1810 census records of Tennessee revealed!
    2. To the List: You should be aware of an important new Tennessee research book which will be available in June. "The Reconstructed 1810 Census of Tennessee" by Charles Sherrill contains 33,000 long-lost records from tax lists, court minutes, church records, deeds, wills and other sources. Many records from Rutherford County and the surrounding area are included. The original Tennessee census for 1810 was destroyed with other records in Washington, D.C., long before microfilm was invented. Records of only two counties survived - Rutherford and Grainger. Those have been included in this book, along with additional records from those counties. With the lost census went many valuable clues to Tennessee history and genealogy from a period when the state was filled with families seeking cheap land and migrating westward. In order to reconstruct the lost census, the author worked with a wide variety of records from 1809 to 1811 in an effort to track every adult male in Tennessee. In addition many entries describing women, children, free blacks and slaves were also located. The author is a well-known Tennessee genealogist, librarian and lecturer. This is the most ambitious undertaking of his 20-year career. His other recent works include "Tennessee Convicts" and "Tennesseans in Court." This 600-page book should be in every Tennessee research collection. For information on ordering a copy for yourself or your local library, e-mail Chuck Sherrill at bookish59@cs.com Order now to receive a $10 pre-pub discount.

    04/25/2001 03:23:36