I agree with Doris that Chrystie's knowledge of her MYERS clan is quite amazing and I just love reading those emails! My Sevier Co. clan is a tough one to crack. I have a David John HICKS who shows up in Sevier Co. in 1857 to marry Mary Ann Tyson. I don't have a clue where he comes from before then. Can't find a death date/location either. Just a real mystery man. They were in Jefferson Co. by 1874 as my g-grandmother was born in Strawberry Plains. I'd sure love to find out if anyone knows anything about my David John Hicks and point me in the right direction. My other mystery person is Salinah IVY who indicates she was born in 1797 in TN (according to census records). Salina is the maternal grandmother of Mary Ann Tyson above. I'd LOVE to find out where in TN she was born and who her parents were. Supposedly her father is Joel Ivy, but I've found no proof yet. Salina married William "Jesse" Lindsey abt. 1810 in Sevier Co. They are both buried at Emert's Cove. I have quite a lot of info on Jesse, but nothing comes up for Salina. Keep up the good work Chrystie and keep those interesting emails coming! Best wishes, Debbie

Hi all, Boy, that felt good, releasing all that "stuff" about my MYERS clan of Sevier County, TN. Before you guys/gals read below I want to say that only those of us reasearing our familytree's would understand why we find these stories amusing and in now way insulting to our families. I only wish my great aunts would tell me their stories now, because when they're gone - they trail gets that much colder. I loved them all, and knowing them, good and bad, helps me to understand where I came from, not to mention helping me papertrail them a heck of alot better. But, if you're not into family research, they just don't understand, and probably never will. DIGGIN' UP BONES.... I'm humming this right now. Ok. You know you're line is interesting (best respectful work I can come up with in public:) when you find you're family noted in many stories at your local library. I live in Maryland and we have the Enoch Pratt LIbrary here w/ a very big holdings. A few books sit on their shelf under History/Tennessee and low and behold there are more then a few articles written on my great grandfather Andrew Jackson MYERS and his cousins. Here's a few more stories/mysteries from Sevier County, TN <--- most interesting history I've explored yet! A) My family swears we have an ancestor from Sevier County who was a "Bear Wrestler" (blushing) and his picture along w/the bear was all over Sevier County at one time, as a local tourist postcard. I'm shrugging 'cause I've yet to find one. B) Little Andy MYERS, the "Sheriff", probably self-appointed knowing my clan, was involved in a few "barn burnings". It had something to do with the GREGORY'S and TIPTON'S. And the families that started the "barn burnings" came by one of my MYERS home on X-mas day, played nice and at the end of the holi-day, guns were branded and someone got shot - dying just outside of front yard. (Clearing voice). C) My late grandfather (the one I never knew - honest) got his 1st cousin pregnant and it appears that's abt the time they booted his butt out of Sevier - dare say I blamed them. D) Not only did Little Andy MYERS arrest his cousin, but his own father Pleas for "moonshining". Now come on... but it's familylore. E) Old Little Andy MYERS had to live in the (I can't help but laugh, sorry) shed a good piece off behind the main home in Pigeon Forge on the farm, because he and Hettie couldn't stand one another as they grew into the golden years. They're not even buried at the same graveyard. I'm not making this stuff up, respectually speaking now. F) My MYERS swear that we are related, somehow, to the WALKINGSTICK'S and WOLFKILLER'S. I've tied in 1 WOLFKILLER, no WALKINGSTICKS though there are alot of them that did flee the "Trail of Tears" in TN territory making their way to hide in the Smokies... so anything is possible. G) When my grandfather, Ollie Jake MYERS was run out of Sevier (kinda laughing) he was abt 14 years of age, taking a job w/the railroad. He headed south to the Georgia border after meeting his new bride, Sara Margaret GARRETT, mother's maiden name BRADSHAW. I found SSI papers stating that he worked for a company called W.M. Ritter Lumber Co. 115 East Rich St., Columbus, OHIO whom I guessing was their main address because he worked in Hiawassee all of his life. Town county is just below Gathlinburg. I) One of my 2nd cousins, probably 2 generations back, bought land that belonged to another prominent Sevier County family but imagine the other famlies dismay, and anger, when they returned to see their ancestors graves only to find that this kin of mine, figuring that weren't related to him, plowed right over their graves - headstones have yet to be found. Whomever that was, I'm sorry - as a MYERS, you know ;) WALKER Lines: What I know of them. Great grandmother Hettie Caroline HUSKEY. Now, this is crazy. Her mother was Elizabeth Betty HUSKEY and as far as we know, she never married. Which wasn't uncommon even in the north, during the 1800's. She had a sister named Martha, this much I know. Both of them were the children of Hulda T. HATCHER and Lewis HUSKEY. This is well documented. Ok... Martha is recorded as the one married to John Frank WALKER. John Frank WALKER b. Jun 11, 1860 d. Jun 19, 1915 Wears Valley. (Alot of my lines were in Pigeon Forge or near there, as well). John Frank, son of Wm. Marion WALKER and Nancy Louisa CAYLOR Blount Co., TN???? Wm., son of John Culbertson WALKER & Mary Ann Polly MYERS ???? John Frank and Martha had a son named Harve Sr. WALKER and he had a son named Harve Jr. whom I hear works in a hardware store in downtown Sevierville. I actually spoke w/him last year but lost touch. He says his father was the 1/2 sibling to my great grandmother Hettie HUSKEY and they were very close. So.... I've asked my father's sisters... are you sure Elizabeth Betty HUSKEY, not Martha HUSKEY, was Hettie's mother, and they are fairly adament that she was, that they remember meeting her as children and they called her "Betty". I dunno... Does anyone out here know what "Betty" is a possible "NICKNAME" for? TRUE STORY (my part anyway). I enter northern Georgia at the age of 19. All alone, fresh off of a train from Baltimore, against my maternal grandparents wishes (I was head strong) to meet my MYERS for the 1st time since a child. I traveled all over this great country of ours as a child but w/my grandparents, never alone! Big step. My paternal grandmother, whom I had never met, was in a Georgia hospital having eye surgery - experiemental, w/hopes she'd see. And the moment I entered the hospital room she could see and she swore I was some great aunt from way back that had super natural (I'm not making this up) powers - in other words, they all swore I looked like one of the "witches" in our line. Honest, I couldn't make this up. Supposedly, some of those Smoky Mtn kin folks, though they didn't practice this, they were exteremly superstistious. I've read about it here and there. At the same time I entered the hospital room the nurses were freaking. Someone had given my grandmother a flower, have long since forgotten the name of it, but it only blooms every 100 years or so, if that. Well, of course, my luck, it bloomed as I was entering the room. When I returned home from this trip, my family was calling to Maryland, to my grandparents telling them that her eye sight left here, again, just after I left GA and the bloom withered... hmmm... Chrystie MYERS A Northern Gal, but Southern blood runs in my veins...

Chrystie, I, too, have my same of skeletons in the closet. My dad once told me not to go looking for the past if you can't accept what you might find because you can't change the past. I've found more good than bad and hope that bodes well for my daughter and her generation. I can't help you with information about Little Cove, but you inspired me to list my greatest mystery. Solomon Williams was not born on Mars but I've become convinced that he was found under a turnip leaf in Jones Cove area of Sevier County. Solomon first shows up in the 1830 Sevier County census married to Lucinda (dau. of Archibald McMahan). Census shows his date of birth as 1805. There are several other Williams families in Jones' Cove at that time but due to the numerous fires in county courthouses, no records of his parents survive. The earliest book in the Sevier County records is volume H. Solomon is listed on the first page of that volume. What I won't give to have a look at A- G. Oh, well. I feel Solomon must be related to those families somehow since the name Solomon appears in MULTIPLE generations. If ANYONE has a Solomon Williams born 1805 married to Lucinda McMahan, please contact me so we can compare notes. This mystery is driving me up the wall. And Chrystie, keep my e-mail address. I'm kin to half the Walkers in Sevier county (probably more) so if you can find the connection, I can probably help fill in a lot more blanks. Thanks, Kimberly

Hi Chrystie, Thanks for writing. I appreciate you sharing your family history. You have done a lot of research. I wish that I knew half as much about my John Helton family, from Sevierville, as you do about your family. I have no idea how they were looked upon by the community. John's brother Levi and his family are buried at Shiloh Cemetery. Have you ever heard anything about the Helton family? I believe that they were also Baptists. I'm told that there are still descendants living in the area. I'm sorry that I can't help with any good reading material about the old Holly Springs area... or Little Cove, but perhaps there is someone that can help. I'm interested in the Pigeon Forge area. I have read a good book about the area in general titled, Smoky Mountain Country written by North Callahan. It can be purchased from the Smoky Mountain Historical Society. Thanks again & God Bless, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks ************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chrystie" <chrystie.adm@verizon.net> To: <TNSEVIER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 7:37 PM Subject: [TN-Sevier] Re: My Sevier County Mysteries > Hi all! > > Maybe someone out here can help, maybe not. My apologies for taking up > the airwave. > > I wasn't raised with my dad or his people, the MYERS HUSKEY'S, thou I > grewup hearing many stories from my father's sisters and how their > father, my grandfather, was not well liked in Sevier County. Here tell > he was a bit of a bully. He's gone now and respectfully speaking, I > didn't really know him. Met him once eons ago. I'm in my 40's. We'll > leave it at that. Let's just say I'm indifferent (gulp) ;) His sisters > are very nice people and they still live in and around Sevierville. I > try to call them when money allows and would love to meet them but if > you thought my fear of flying was bad before 9/11 well... So, here is > my lineage for whatever it's worth. Oh, and my aunts names are as > follows (wonderful ladies) > > Edna THOMAS. I belive she died earlier this year, married to Ivory. > Lucille, also gone now. She was m. to Ode ADAMS. > Iva m. to Daniel HURST. > Tate, gone too, m. to Martha "Mattie" TRENTHAM. They had a son named Clyde > Jessie, m. to Victor "Elmer" MARSHALL. I believe she's gone now too. > Evelyn m. to English MCCARTER. > Georgia m. to Richard Dick MCNABB. > And Stella.. I know nothing on her. She might have died young. > > > Godspeed to all... > > Chrystie MYERS (me), dau of Thomas Andrew MYERS of Hiawasse, Towns > County, GA. > > Thomas, son of Ollie Jake MYERS b. 1905 in Little Cove, Sevier Co., TN. > He was married to his 1st cousin, Anna Lela MARINE before he married my > blood grandmother Sara (BRADSHAW) GARRETT. I don't know if Anna and > Ollie had any children or not... I assume, because they married at abt > the age of 14 that maybe its so... but it's just an assumption since I > can't seem to find anything out on her. Old Ollie was hell on wheels. > This is what I'm told. Quite frankly, I didn't like him the 1 and only > time I met him so I can't blame anyone for not rememebing anything nice > abt him either. I've always been afraid that because no one in Sevier > County liked him, that maybe doors would be closed to me and I've found > that many of my letters w/checks are ignored but I try to not take it > personal - maybe they're busy. > > I was raised in Maryland by my maternal grandparents. They were from > West VA. They were very nice good people and I thank god everyday they > raised me because they taught me good values. So if anyone did know old > Ollie, try not to hold it against me. Geez, was that embarrassing ;) > > Ollie Jake MYERS, son of Andrew Jackson MYERS a.k.a. "Little Andy" MYERS > & Hettie HUSKEY. Now here's a few good ones for ya's. Little Andy was a > sheriff of sorts. Can't find any documentation to prove this, but it's > familylore. He arrested one of his brothers or cousins (can't remember > now) for moonshining and chain locked him to a tree till he could get a > horse and take him in to town. Little Andy and Hettie had a farm called > "The Ponderosa". It was a campground (after they died). I believe it's > now private property. After Andy died, Hettie moved into Sevierville > (town). I have a photo of her as a little girl. She looks Indian. Her > father is unknown to me and because my grandfather was removed from his > Sevier County "kin" my dad's sisters do not know who he was. It's > rumored it was a WALKER but it's just speculation at this point. Hettie > reportedly had a sister named Ticy/Tysie. She might be the one in the > census that married a John TROTER. Can't find anything substantial on > her either except that she was born Feb. 1884 in Wears Valley. Elizabeth > must have married eventually, because Hettie grewup close w/a half > brother WALKER. Harve Sr. I believe. > > Andrew J. Little Andy MYERS is buried at Hendricks Cemetery. Hettie is > reportedly buried at Mattox. Have not found anything in writing to proof > this one though - just family knowledge. There have been rumors that > maybe Hettie's mother, Elizabeth "Betty" HUSKEY was raped - beats me. > Til I get the money to travel down to Sevierville, I might never know. > Someday, someday... ;) All I ever find is a Martha HUSKEY marrying John > Frank WALKER and I do have a Martha as sister to Elizabeth. And eternal > thankfulness and gratefullness for a man in Sevier that (3 years ago) > sent me copies of his HUSKEY files. Thank you sir, if you're out here. > He also sent me photos of Big Andy MYERS. It didn't go unforgotten, ever. > > Elizabeth and Martha HUSKEY were the children of Lewis HUSKEY b 1834 and > Hulda T. HATCHER b 1840 both in Sevier. Lewis fought in the Civil War > Company H, 9th Division. From census records it's obvious that Hettie > and Ticy grewup in their household. They too are buried at Mattox > Cemetery along with Elizabeth Betty. > > Lewis HUSKEY was the son of John Lewis HUSKEY & Rebecca Elizabeth HATCHER. > Hulda T. HATCHER, dau of Reuben HATCHER & Martha MCGILL. > > Andrew J. MYERS, son of Pleasant Andrew MYERS and Sara Jane MCCLURE > Pleas, son of James Napleon "NJ" MYERS (seen as MYRES in the census) & > Margarett Caroline LINDSEY. Margarett stems from the ROBERTS EMERT > lines. James and Margarett had 11 children. *Why the double "tt > s' at the end is beyond me. Always shows in the census, though. > > James son of Sam LOL. I think this is where my line came in from Mars. > Napoleon is total speculation. The only proof of any James in the area > was in Suzannah MOYERS a.k.a. Susan MYERS household 1840 and 1850 > Jefferson County, TN showing a James age 1 1/2 in 1840 and 11 in 1850. > He and Margarett lived in Sevier County most of their lives. After 1894 > when James died, reportedly on his son Andrew Jackson "Big Andy's" farm, > 2 miles east of Little Cove Church, Margaret remarried to 2) Noah > HAWORTH & 3) Rev. Evan HURST. Both Evan and Margarett are buried at > HURST Chapel. James Napoleon, whom went by Napoleon, was a Baptist > Minister, Circuit Rider, for the old Holly Springs Primitive Baptist > Church, later Little Cove. > > A few associated surnames: HENDRIX/HEADRICKS CHAMBERS EVERHART LOWE > PILAF MARINE GREENE ENGLAND COOPER MCCARTER MCNABB FRYE CARDWELL > FRANCHIER CLABO HUFF MCKELDER TRENTHAM MCCOLLUM MCFALL THOMAS ADAMS > mostly my ggg and gg's children's spouses. > > *NOTE: I can't find anything on old Holly Springs area... does anyone > have any good reading materal they could refer me to on Little Cove, as > well? > > Thanks all - sorry for taking up the airwaves. > Chrystie MYERS > > > ==== TNSEVIER Mailing List ==== > Your donation to RootsWeb make the TN-Sevier mail list possible. > RootsWeb - P. O. 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Hi all! Maybe someone out here can help, maybe not. My apologies for taking up the airwave. I wasn't raised with my dad or his people, the MYERS HUSKEY'S, thou I grewup hearing many stories from my father's sisters and how their father, my grandfather, was not well liked in Sevier County. Here tell he was a bit of a bully. He's gone now and respectfully speaking, I didn't really know him. Met him once eons ago. I'm in my 40's. We'll leave it at that. Let's just say I'm indifferent (gulp) ;) His sisters are very nice people and they still live in and around Sevierville. I try to call them when money allows and would love to meet them but if you thought my fear of flying was bad before 9/11 well... So, here is my lineage for whatever it's worth. Oh, and my aunts names are as follows (wonderful ladies) Edna THOMAS. I belive she died earlier this year, married to Ivory. Lucille, also gone now. She was m. to Ode ADAMS. Iva m. to Daniel HURST. Tate, gone too, m. to Martha "Mattie" TRENTHAM. They had a son named Clyde Jessie, m. to Victor "Elmer" MARSHALL. I believe she's gone now too. Evelyn m. to English MCCARTER. Georgia m. to Richard Dick MCNABB. And Stella.. I know nothing on her. She might have died young. Godspeed to all... Chrystie MYERS (me), dau of Thomas Andrew MYERS of Hiawasse, Towns County, GA. Thomas, son of Ollie Jake MYERS b. 1905 in Little Cove, Sevier Co., TN. He was married to his 1st cousin, Anna Lela MARINE before he married my blood grandmother Sara (BRADSHAW) GARRETT. I don't know if Anna and Ollie had any children or not... I assume, because they married at abt the age of 14 that maybe its so... but it's just an assumption since I can't seem to find anything out on her. Old Ollie was hell on wheels. This is what I'm told. Quite frankly, I didn't like him the 1 and only time I met him so I can't blame anyone for not rememebing anything nice abt him either. I've always been afraid that because no one in Sevier County liked him, that maybe doors would be closed to me and I've found that many of my letters w/checks are ignored but I try to not take it personal - maybe they're busy. I was raised in Maryland by my maternal grandparents. They were from West VA. They were very nice good people and I thank god everyday they raised me because they taught me good values. So if anyone did know old Ollie, try not to hold it against me. Geez, was that embarrassing ;) Ollie Jake MYERS, son of Andrew Jackson MYERS a.k.a. "Little Andy" MYERS & Hettie HUSKEY. Now here's a few good ones for ya's. Little Andy was a sheriff of sorts. Can't find any documentation to prove this, but it's familylore. He arrested one of his brothers or cousins (can't remember now) for moonshining and chain locked him to a tree till he could get a horse and take him in to town. Little Andy and Hettie had a farm called "The Ponderosa". It was a campground (after they died). I believe it's now private property. After Andy died, Hettie moved into Sevierville (town). I have a photo of her as a little girl. She looks Indian. Her father is unknown to me and because my grandfather was removed from his Sevier County "kin" my dad's sisters do not know who he was. It's rumored it was a WALKER but it's just speculation at this point. Hettie reportedly had a sister named Ticy/Tysie. She might be the one in the census that married a John TROTER. Can't find anything substantial on her either except that she was born Feb. 1884 in Wears Valley. Elizabeth must have married eventually, because Hettie grewup close w/a half brother WALKER. Harve Sr. I believe. Andrew J. Little Andy MYERS is buried at Hendricks Cemetery. Hettie is reportedly buried at Mattox. Have not found anything in writing to proof this one though - just family knowledge. There have been rumors that maybe Hettie's mother, Elizabeth "Betty" HUSKEY was raped - beats me. Til I get the money to travel down to Sevierville, I might never know. Someday, someday... ;) All I ever find is a Martha HUSKEY marrying John Frank WALKER and I do have a Martha as sister to Elizabeth. And eternal thankfulness and gratefullness for a man in Sevier that (3 years ago) sent me copies of his HUSKEY files. Thank you sir, if you're out here. He also sent me photos of Big Andy MYERS. It didn't go unforgotten, ever. Elizabeth and Martha HUSKEY were the children of Lewis HUSKEY b 1834 and Hulda T. HATCHER b 1840 both in Sevier. Lewis fought in the Civil War Company H, 9th Division. From census records it's obvious that Hettie and Ticy grewup in their household. They too are buried at Mattox Cemetery along with Elizabeth Betty. Lewis HUSKEY was the son of John Lewis HUSKEY & Rebecca Elizabeth HATCHER. Hulda T. HATCHER, dau of Reuben HATCHER & Martha MCGILL. Andrew J. MYERS, son of Pleasant Andrew MYERS and Sara Jane MCCLURE Pleas, son of James Napleon "NJ" MYERS (seen as MYRES in the census) & Margarett Caroline LINDSEY. Margarett stems from the ROBERTS EMERT lines. James and Margarett had 11 children. *Why the double "tt s' at the end is beyond me. Always shows in the census, though. James son of Sam LOL. I think this is where my line came in from Mars. Napoleon is total speculation. The only proof of any James in the area was in Suzannah MOYERS a.k.a. Susan MYERS household 1840 and 1850 Jefferson County, TN showing a James age 1 1/2 in 1840 and 11 in 1850. He and Margarett lived in Sevier County most of their lives. After 1894 when James died, reportedly on his son Andrew Jackson "Big Andy's" farm, 2 miles east of Little Cove Church, Margaret remarried to 2) Noah HAWORTH & 3) Rev. Evan HURST. Both Evan and Margarett are buried at HURST Chapel. James Napoleon, whom went by Napoleon, was a Baptist Minister, Circuit Rider, for the old Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church, later Little Cove. A few associated surnames: HENDRIX/HEADRICKS CHAMBERS EVERHART LOWE PILAF MARINE GREENE ENGLAND COOPER MCCARTER MCNABB FRYE CARDWELL FRANCHIER CLABO HUFF MCKELDER TRENTHAM MCCOLLUM MCFALL THOMAS ADAMS mostly my ggg and gg's children's spouses. *NOTE: I can't find anything on old Holly Springs area... does anyone have any good reading materal they could refer me to on Little Cove, as well? Thanks all - sorry for taking up the airwaves. Chrystie MYERS

Hi Everyone, These are some Sevier Co., TN links that might be of interest. Sevier Co., TN Library - http://www.sevierlibrary.org/ or http://www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/aclinks.html Sevier Co., TN Cemetery Registration - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/tennessee/sevier.html Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Sevier County - http://johnsevierchapter.tripod.com/SCRV.html Sevier Co., TN Genealogy & History - http://www.tngenweb.org/sevier/ Sevier Co., Tennessee USGenWeb Archives Digital Library - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier.htm Tennessee State Library and Archives Historical and Genealogical Information (Sevier Co., TN) - http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/bibsevie.htm A maillist subscriber asked me, Is there any writing that shows "how things were" or "how we lived" from the 1830's on? I was just wondering if there was anyone who had any Sevier Co., TN historical stories about their ancestors that they might be willing to share with the maillist? Perhaps these might be stories that your grandparents or ggrandparents, etc passed down to you that might reveal information about the people who lived in Sevier Co., TN. If you could ask one of your Sevier Co., TN ancestors one question, what would it be? Which Sevier Co., TN ancestor was your favorite and why? I would like to learn more about Sevier Co., TN as everyone does that is subscribed to this maillist so if there is anything you can share, please do. :-)) Thanks, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************

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In the box below where it prompts > you to enter the new e-mail address, type in e-AddressAlert. If it tells > you this is not a valid address just say yes to add it, or ok. Then > complete everything by clicking add, enter, ok, etc. > > Here's what you've done and why it works: The Contact !000 will be placed at > the top of your Addresses as entry #1. This will be where the virus will > start in an effort to send itself to all your friends and associates. But > when it tries to send itself to > !000, it will be undeliverable because of the phony e-mail address you > entered, e-AddressAlert. If the first attempt fails, which it will because > of the phony address, the virus goes no further and your friends and > associates will not be infected. > > 2. Open a New Mail e-mail message. Address the New Mail e-mail message to > yourself by putting your e-mail address in the To: JohnDoe@anyone.com box. > In the Subject box below add - Subject: e-InboxAlert Below in the body of > the message copy and paste this message for reference. I suggest that you > save this message in your Drafts folder so that you always have a copy > should you mistakenly delete it. Next complete this protection by copying > and pasting to make a valid copy of your Draft Message or an *actual > message* and send it to yourself. *Leave* the message at the top of your > inbox so that it is the first message that the virus sends itself to. > > Here's what you've done and why it works: Your e-InboxAlert e-mail message > remains at the top of your inbox. This will be where the virus will start > in an effort to send itself to all your Inbox e-mail. When it sends itself > to you first, you will be alerted by another e-mail message with the subject > title e-InboxAlert. It will then be necessary to clean your computer with > your anti-virus software. If you are like me and uneasy about viruses put > your mind at ease by following-up with a double check by another anti-virus > protection. Take a moment to visit Trend Micro's HouseCall > http://housecall.antivirus.com/ and run the free scanner. Not only will > Trend Micro's HouseCall tell you if you are infected it will deal with any > discovered viruses. This service is very easy to use and worthwhile. > > The *advantage* of these methods: if an e-mail cannot be delivered from > your Addresses you will get an e-mail telling you that an e-mail addressed > to e-AddressAlert could not be delivered or if you receive an e-mail in your > Inbox from yourself with the subject line e-InboxAlert, either way, you will > be *notified* of this in your Inbox almost immediately. Hence, if you ever > receive these notifications, you will know right away that you have a virus > in your system. You can then take steps to get rid of it! > > Unfortunately, some viruses are random and there is no substitute for good > anti-virus software updated regularly. If you are running virus protection > software, that you are updating regularly (this cannot be stressed enough), > you will not need to panic. > > I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions > please let me know. :-)) Thanks, Mike > ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************

Hello Everyone, Cornell Library Digital Collections http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/ Summary Descriptions of the CDL Collections What is the Making Of America (MOA) Collection? The Making Of America (MOA) Collection is a multi-institutional initiative to create and make accessible over the Internet a distributed digital library of important materials that document 19th-century America. The Cornell University and the University of Michigan libraries have cooperated in the initial phase of MOA (1994-1996), which was funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation. For more information, see About the MOA. What is the Math Book Collection? The Math Book Collection is a collection that of consists of 571 books that were scanned from originals held by the Cornell University Library. All books were disbound and all pages scanned. This collection was part of a greater whole known as the CLASS project (see below) which dealt with a joint effort on the part of Xerox and Cornell University to digitize materials. This collection is viewed via the Hunter User Interface using Dienst 5.1 protocols. Some materials are viewed using an older interface using Dienst 3.5. What is the Ezra Cornell Collection? The Ezra Cornell Collection is a collection of Ezra Cornell's correspondence, diaries, and a published family genealogy. The materials in the collection were scanned from originals held by the Cornell University Library. This collection represents Cornell University's first effort to make a large manuscript collection available over the web. Ezra Cornell was a self-educated businessman with strong interests in politics and education. His interest in new technologies led him to play a critical role in promoting the widespread adoption of the telegraph. His correspondence consists of hand-written letters sent and received, drafts of outgoing letters, documents or drafts of documents, and occasionally letters between persons other than Ezra Cornell. Cornell's 33 diaries and notebooks address a wide variety of topics, and his letterbooks are bound copies of outgoing letters concerning the telegraph industry and the founding of Cornell. The collection is viewed via a locally-developed user interface using Dienst 3.5 protocols. It may also be accessed in Internet Explorer 5.0 or later via a finding aid encoded in XML according to the Encoded Archival Description standard. What is the Digital Preservation (CLASS) Collection? The Digital Preservation Collection consists of digital surrogates for materials on the history of the United States, New York State and local history, and core agricultural history titles. The collection consists of 456 general monographs, 42 Cornell dissertations, and 691 New York State historical pamphlets and monographs. We are in the process of making these images available for online viewing. What is the Core Historical Literature of Agriculture Collection? The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) is an electronic collection of agriculture texts published between the early 19th - late 20th century representing all areas of agricultural sciences and disciplines and selected because of their importance in agricultural history. Over 750,000 pages are included in this collection. The collection also includes 599 agricultural books that were selected for a project funded by the NEH to scan books and then convert the scanned images to microfilm. Who is involved at Cornell? Cornell Digital Library Collections represent a collaborative effort between a number of units in the Cornell University Library, including the Library Systems Office, the Information Technology unit in the Albert Mann Library , the Cornell Institute for Digital Collections (CIDC), and the Department of Preservation and Conservation. Staff from the Computer Science Department and Cornell Information Technologies have also contributed to the projects. I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Walker/King Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DiB.2ACI/36.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Ina KING is my grandmother's sister, my mother's aunt. After Mother passed away I was given the book her Aunt Ina had presented to her. I take it as gospel unless proven completely wrong. Thanks for the reply Alice

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DiB.2ACI/36.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Ina W King P. O. Box 32 Gardner, Illinois 60424 Price $35.00 postage paid.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MYERS, TROTTER, WALKER, KING Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DiB.2ACI/36.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I'm very interested in the address for Ina Walker KING since my MYERS HUSKEY TROTTER HATCHER WALKER'S are of this line from Tennessee, paternally, actually, I'm darn right thrilled!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Trotter, Brewer, Henderson, Keith, Crider, Ingraham, Humphrey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DiB.2ACI/36.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I too am a direct descendant of John and Asa White Trotter. I also have the book published by Ina Walker King which includes many of these Trotters. On my personal web page I have pictures of some of the cemetery markers of this Trotter family. For anyone that would like to check it out it is at http://www.geocities.com/huntingkin/MiddleCreekCem.html or if that does not work you can go to the main page and then through to the Middle Creek Cemetery in Sevier County. The main page is http://www.geocities.com/huntingkin/ Please feel free to download any of the pictures that you would like to have. All that I ask is that you email me with your downline so I will know how you connect to my family. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DiB.2ACI/36.1.2 Message Board Post: If you are interested, you can buy a published book King/Walker and connecting families. Who's Who by Ina Walker King. There is a large Trotter section in this book. Let me know and I will send you her mailing address.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DiB.2ACI/36.1.1 Message Board Post: If you are interested, you can buy a published book King/Walker and connecting families. Who's Who by Ina Walker King. There is a large Trotter section in this book. Let me know and I will send you her mailing address.

Hi Everyone, My computer picked up a virus somehow quite awhile back even though I was running anti-virus software and it wasn't any fun. Recently we have seen a rash of new viruses that are spreading like wild fire. I wanted to let you know about a computer trick that is really ingenious in its simplicity. As you may know, when or if a virus gets into your computer it can head straight for your e-mail Addresses or e-mail Inbox and send itself to everyone in there, thus infecting all your friends and associates. You see, that is how these viruses are spread. No one wants to admit that they are infected. And if you do *not* have virus software running on your system, that is being updated regularly (this cannot be stressed enough), then you could be infected and not realize it. There are two major commercial virus protection software McAfee http://www.mcafee.com and Norton Antivirus http://www.symantec.com, there is a site with a free virus scan option that will at least let you know if you have picked up any nasty gremlins that you are unaware of. So, take a moment to visit Trend Micro's HouseCall http://housecall.antivirus.com/ and run the free scanner. Not only will Trend Micro's HouseCall tell you if you are infected it will deal with any discovered viruses. This service is very easy to use and worthwhile because it puts your mind at ease. There is no substitute for good anti-virus software updated regularly! This trick will *not* keep the virus from getting into your computer, but it will stop it from using your Addresses to spread further, and it will *Alert* you to the fact that the virus has gotten into your system. Follow the instructions below: QUICK INSTRUCTIONS 1. Open your Addresses and click on New Contact just as you would do if you were adding a new friend or associate to your list of e-mail Addresses. In the box where you would type your friend's first name, type in !000, that's an exclamation mark followed by 3 zeros. In the box below where it prompts you to enter the new e-mail address, type in e-AddressAlert. If it tells you this is not a valid address just say yes to add it, or ok. Then complete everything by clicking add, enter, ok, etc. Here's what you've done and why it works: The Contact !000 will be placed at the top of your Addresses as entry #1. This will be where the virus will start in an effort to send itself to all your friends and associates. But when it tries to send itself to !000, it will be undeliverable because of the phony e-mail address you entered, e-AddressAlert. If the first attempt fails, which it will because of the phony address, the virus goes no further and your friends and associates will not be infected. 2. Open a New Mail e-mail message. Address the New Mail e-mail message to yourself by putting your e-mail address in the To: JohnDoe@anyone.com box. In the Subject box below add - Subject: e-InboxAlert Below in the body of the message copy and paste this message for reference. I suggest that you save this message in your Drafts folder so that you always have a copy should you mistakenly delete it. Next complete this protection by copying and pasting to make a valid copy of your Draft Message or an *actual message* and send it to yourself. *Leave* the message at the top of your inbox so that it is the first message that the virus sends itself to. Here's what you've done and why it works: Your e-InboxAlert e-mail message remains at the top of your inbox. This will be where the virus will start in an effort to send itself to all your Inbox e-mail. When it sends itself to you first, you will be alerted by another e-mail message with the subject title e-InboxAlert. It will then be necessary to clean your computer with your anti-virus software. If you are like me and uneasy about viruses put your mind at ease by following-up with a double check by another anti-virus protection. Take a moment to visit Trend Micro's HouseCall http://housecall.antivirus.com/ and run the free scanner. Not only will Trend Micro's HouseCall tell you if you are infected it will deal with any discovered viruses. This service is very easy to use and worthwhile. The *advantage* of these methods: if an e-mail cannot be delivered from your Addresses you will get an e-mail telling you that an e-mail addressed to e-AddressAlert could not be delivered or if you receive an e-mail in your Inbox from yourself with the subject line e-InboxAlert, either way, you will be *notified* of this in your Inbox almost immediately. Hence, if you ever receive these notifications, you will know right away that you have a virus in your system. You can then take steps to get rid of it! Unfortunately, some viruses are random and there is no substitute for good anti-virus software updated regularly. If you are running virus protection software, that you are updating regularly (this cannot be stressed enough), you will not need to panic. I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-)) Thanks, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************

Hello Everyone, The American Colonist's Library A TREASURY OF PRIMARY DOCUMENTS Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/#16 An invaluable collection of historical works which contributed to the formation of American politics, culture, and ideals. A massive collection of the literature and documents which were most relevant to the colonists' lives in America. If it isn't here, it probably is not available online anywhere. I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DiB.2ACI/168 Message Board Post: Seeking any information on Martha Ford who married Daniel F. Murphy in Knoxville on 10 January 1939. Who were her parents? We find Daniel & Martha on the 1850 Sevier County census together with Elizabeth Murphy (close by)68 living alone born in VA; John Murphy (28) and Jane Murphy and Samuel (54) and Mary Murphy all living in close proximity. Searching for any info on the Ford and Murphy families.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams, Henry, Patrick, Fry, Borden, Jemison, Hatley, Rogers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DiB.2ACI/29.1 Message Board Post: Correction... James Henry Williams

V.B. NELSON FOX B: 31 Aug 1827 Sevier County M: Barbara Ann Shrader 2 Dec 1851 D: 16 Dec 1892 Sevier County Nelson was the oldest son of Rebecca Dickey and William Fox. His farm was located on what is now known as McMahan Road, about two miles from Sevierville. The house is still standing. Nelson's wife, Barbara, was the daughter of Joseph and Nancy Shrader. Nelson and Barbara are buried in a private cemetery on McMahan Road. They had nine children. a. Margaret Fox, born 4 Sep 1852. She died before her eighth birthday on 10 Sep 1860 and is buried in Fox Cemetery. b. Rebecca Addie Fox, born 15 Jan 1854. She married William D. Gass on 5 Dec 1877 and died 10 Jul 1906. + c. James Newton Fox, born 17 Nov 1856. + d. Melvin L. Fox, born 14 Jan 1858. + e. Carroll Walker Fox, born 1 Mar 1862. + f. Nancy Ann Fox, born 19 Apr 1866 + g. William Pinkston Fox, born 22 Sep 1869. + h. Mary Virginia Fox, born 7 Aug 1873. i. Infant born 7 Aug 1873 Dick D. Fox http://members.tripod.com/~dickdfox/index-dickdfox.html

Hi Everyone, Great Civil War lookup site: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm A commercial business that seems very helpful with an impressive web site. They claim to have records of all Confederate servicemen and are adding all Union servicemen as well. Broadfoot Publishing Co. 1907 Buena Vista Circle Wilmington, NC 28411 (910) 686-481? fax (910) 686-4379 order toll-free (800) 537-5243 email: bropubco@wilmington.net website: http://broadfoot.wilmington.net I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************