Dear List, Hello, today I have the rare privilege of working on my own families genealogy research. I say rare because I am normally working on other peoples research and don't get as much time to work on my own as much as I would like to. My husband's Barker family lived in the Stewart County/Montgomery County/Houston County area from 1861 to the present. According to the census records: Andrew Jackson Barker in the 1870 census lived in District 1, Cumberland City, Stewart County 1880 census lived in District 1, Rough and Ready Furnace, Stewart County. The 1900 Montgomery County census he is living with his daughter and son-in-law in the Dotsonville, Montgomery County area. Andrew's son John Barker also lived in District 1, Rough and Ready Furnace, Stewart County in the 1880 census I have read everything I could find on the Stewart County Site about this furnace, but I am still left with the question, where exactly is this located? From what I have read and seen, I am thinking that is very near the Montgomery County line. Andrew Jackson Barker had come to this part of Tennessee sometime between August 19, 1860 and December 3, 1861. He enlisted in the army on December 3, 1861 in Palmyra, Montgomery County, TN. The family had come from Wilson County, TN. Can anyone suggest any publications or other sources that I could locate and get more information on the Rough and Ready Furnace/Cumberland City/Dotsonville area of Tennessee? Thanks for any help. Sincerely, Melissa Barker Genealogist for Tennessee and Kentucky

Melissa, Here is a suggestion on the location of Rough and Ready, whose location was apparently known to the USGS when they made the topo maps: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=36.4700&lon=-87.6528&s=50&size=l Looks like it's on Lee Creek, maybe 1.5 miles from the Mont. Co., between Indian Mound and Throckmorton. The following link to the same site shows where the Rough and Ready Landing was located (now under water): http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=36.4442&lon=-87.7069&s=50&size=l Locations of many Stewart Co. historical sites can be found on sites like Wayhoo.com: http://www.wayhoo.com/index/a/b/state/TN/county/Stewart/ Happy hunting! Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Melissa Barker Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 1:07 PM To: Stewart County Mailing List Subject: [TNSTEWAR] Rough and Ready Furnace Dear List, Hello, today I have the rare privilege of working on my own families genealogy research. I say rare because I am normally working on other peoples research and don't get as much time to work on my own as much as I would like to. My husband's Barker family lived in the Stewart County/Montgomery County/Houston County area from 1861 to the present. According to the census records: Andrew Jackson Barker in the 1870 census lived in District 1, Cumberland City, Stewart County 1880 census lived in District 1, Rough and Ready Furnace, Stewart County. The 1900 Montgomery County census he is living with his daughter and son-in-law in the Dotsonville, Montgomery County area. Andrew's son John Barker also lived in District 1, Rough and Ready Furnace, Stewart County in the 1880 census I have read everything I could find on the Stewart County Site about this furnace, but I am still left with the question, where exactly is this located? From what I have read and seen, I am thinking that is very near the Montgomery County line. Andrew Jackson Barker had come to this part of Tennessee sometime between August 19, 1860 and December 3, 1861. He enlisted in the army on December 3, 1861 in Palmyra, Montgomery County, TN. The family had come from Wilson County, TN. Can anyone suggest any publications or other sources that I could locate and get more information on the Rough and Ready Furnace/Cumberland City/Dotsonville area of Tennessee? Thanks for any help. Sincerely, Melissa Barker Genealogist for Tennessee and Kentucky ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Melissa, If you look at image # 2 of the 1865 map on the Stewart Co. website slightly southeast of Indian Mound, you will find the Rough and Ready Furnace. Sandy Ellis

Melissa, I didn't realize that your ancestors were from the same area as the Parchmans and Outlaws. They owned land in exactly the areas you mention (corners of Stewart, Montgomery, and Houston). The original Parchman farm was separated from Stewart into Houston County in 1870. Some of the Outlaws (not my family, but one I've researched for a friend) also had farms in the Palmyra area of Montgomery County. I've looked online for years for early maps of the area but found none. I am convinced that the Parchman farm was in the southeast corner tail of Robertson County before Montgomemry and Robertson were split up to form Stewart and Dickson Counties. On that internet set showingn Tennessee county formations by year, the corner of Robertson exactly overlaps with the area that became Stewart and then Houston Counties. That may explain why John Parchman/Parchment was found on grand juries in ROBERTSON County between 1796 and 1803, when he then sits on Stewart County grand juries. He was even awarded travel money for one trial that exactly matches the distance from his farm to Springfield. There are no maps showing the boundaries of early Robertson County, but I'd like to find the legislative act laying out the boundaries for Montgomery and Robertson Counties. The one I've seen posted forr Robertson is confusing and doesn't match the linens shown on the Tennessee county formation maps. Gerrry Parchman