I work for the Smith County Heritage Museum, and am interested in any info on African American families/persons in the Smith County area. We unfortunately do not have a very extensive exhibit on this subject, so anything at all would be useful. You can email me at the museum's email address which is [email protected] Thanks, Melissa Foster-Rose :) > [Original Message] > From: Mari Byers <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 9/30/2004 10:31:21 AM > Subject: [TNRUTHER] Fwd: [Forum:] Anyone doing African American Research?? > > > >The following new message has been posted on Forum at > ><http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/webbbs/queries/index.cgi>. > > > >*************************************************************************** > > > > MESSAGE: (#1924) Anyone doing African American Research?? > > > ><http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/webbbs/queries/index.cgi?rev=1924> > > AUTHOR: christine > > DATE: Thursday, 30 September 2004, at 10:20 a.m. > > > >Hello I am researching the Surnames, Adams, Rule, Hays, Sellers, Blair and > >Mitchell. Please email me if you are researching African Americans in > >Rutherford and surrounding counties. > > > >*************************************************************************** > > > >This is an automatically-generated notice. If you'd like to be removed from > >the mailing list, please visit Forum at > ><http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/webbbs/queries/index.cgi>, or send your > >request to [email protected] If you wish to respond to this message, > >please post your response directly to the board. Thank you! > > > ==== TNRUTHER Mailing List ==== > TSLA has Francis Jackson Account Book, 1819-1820, 1864. Microfilm Only Collection. Account book of Francis Jackson (1766-1845) for a general merchandise store located in Versailles, Rutherford County. Customers� names, items purchased, and amounts paid are listed. Also included are diary entries, 1864, of an unnamed Versailles girl, who comments on Federal troop movements and activities in the area; autobiographical comments by Jackson; a list of births; and an unsigned letter, 1864. >