This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GayNellCantrell Surnames: Franklin-Lauderdale-Wood Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.sumner/2214.2.5/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Would love to exchange information. I am related to Jane Franklin. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GayNellCantrell Surnames: Franklin- Lauderdale-Wood Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.sumner/2214.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am related to James Franklin and Mary Jane Lauderdale. I would like to share information. Thank you. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: L_Hennessee Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.sumner/4603/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for info on Joseph Harrison who married Loucinda Blankenship in SC,Tenn in 1847. Trying to find his parents and was he born there? Does anyone have any info on him? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GayNellCantrell Surnames: Franklin-Wood Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.sumner/2214.2.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to find information on Jane Franklin that married John Wood. Their Children were: James F. Wood, Mary H. Wood, Amelia Wood, Eliza A. Wood, John B. Wood, Isaac H. Wood, Charles N. Wood, Sarah C. Wood and Robert H. Wood. I can not find who are the parents of John Wood. He was born 1777 in VA and died in 1836. Would you have any information on the above names. Would appreciate sharing information. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This obituary appeared in the Nashville Tennessean on Thursday, 10 May 2007: Elsie Laverne Shaw GENTRY Sumner Age 92 May 8, 2007 Age 92 of Hendersonville. May 8, 2007. Mrs. Gentry was a long-time active member of Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Hendersonville. Preceded in death by parents, Estelle and Henry Johnson; husbands, William A. Shaw and C. Houston Gentry; step-daughter, Faye Long. Survived by daughter, Dianne Draper (Joe) Holland, Columbia, TN; grandchildren, DeAnna (Dale) Owens, Hendersonville, Dwayn A. (Cheryl) Draper, Hendersonville and DeWitt A. Draper, Franklin, TN; great-grandsons, Griffin and Logan Draper, Hendersonville; devoted niece and her husband, Susan and Gary Reynolds, Smyrna, TN and their children and grandchildren, Kristi Guidry, Smyrna and Amy (Ravon) Baines, Nashville, Karson, Austin and Leah Guidry, Smyrna; step-children, Clayton A. (Mattie) Gentry, Franklin, TN, Richard B. (Margaret) Gentry, Lebanon, TN and Nancy (Ray) Payne, Lake Placid, FL; devoted step-granddaughter and family, Donna and John Whitefield. The family will have visitation today Thursday, May 10th from 2-8 p.m., at Cole & Garrett Funeral Home, Hendersonville. Funeral Services will be at the funeral home Friday, May 11, 2007 at 11 a.m., Rev. Malcolm Patton officiating. Active Pallbearers will be Dwayn A. Draper, DeWitt A. Draper, Dale E. Owens III, Gary Reynolds, John Whitefield and William (Bill) Stone. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to CPW of Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 3216 Long Hollow Pk., Hendersonville, TN 37075. Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville. COLE & GARRETT, Hendersonville, TN (615) 824-8605. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

The date is Saturday May 19, 2007. The place is the historic McGavock Mansion (built in 1849) on the grounds of the Brentwood Country Club. The time is 6:00 p.m. The reservations must be made by Tuesday, May 15, 2007 -- indicate your choice of chicken or pork. Our speaker will be our State Historian, Walter Durham. He will also select the best article in the MTGS Journal for the past year. A cash award will go to the winner. Also a Distinguished Service Award will be given to a member who has rendered continued and outstanding service to MTGS. The cost is $35.00 per person. (Cash Bar) Send your check to MTGS, P. O. Box 330948, Nashville, TN 37203-7507. Come visit with us and enjoy our special evening. You will find a printable registration from at http://www.mtgs.org/mtgsanni.htm Katheryne Cowan MTGS Webmaster

Hello, I apologize for this not exactly being genealogy, although quite a lot of my family are buried there, but can someone tell me who is in charge of the cemetery and how I can contact them....I appreciate your help very much.... Sandy

Richard Cavett/Cavitt and his brother Moses were in Sumner County (or the area that became Sumner County) shortly after (perhaps before) September, 1793, when their brother Alexander Cavitt, and his entire family were attacked by a band of renegade Creeks and Cherokees and brutally massacred about 12 miles from today's downtown Knoxville Helen

Surnames of some early settlers in my husband's tree. Hamilton (Hamilton Station), Shaw, Harder, Sarver, Ferrier (Farrier), Marlin

I have a William/Wilhelm Link who settled in Sumner County sometime in the 1820's. My tree has him about 8 times. -- Proud member of IBSSG

Can give you info on the Giles family of Sumner Co. They arrived in the late 1790's. Mary

Have you any Gregory families in Sumner TN in the 1790's - 1812? They might have been associated with Stovalls and Turners and/or Tuckers. Many thanks, Land Harris

The Clendennings (various spellings) and Bledsoes were early settlers in Sumner at least by the late 1700s and early 1800s. Concerning Bledsoe's Lick in Sumner County as per www. mtsu. edu / ~soc/anthropology / Bledsoe/ index. html (take spaces out of link to follow): "The concentration of mineral springs was re-discovered by long-hunter Isaac Bledsoe in summer 1772. Following buffalo trails radiating outward from the main base camp of the long-hunting expedition from Virginia, Bledsoe found what was probably a herd of 150-200 buffalo in Lick Bottom. (Draper MSS, 6XX8, 114). Col. Bledsoe told me that when he came to Bledsoe's Creek, about two miles from the Lick, he had some difficulty in riding along the path, the Buffelowes were so crowded in the path and on each side, his horse could scarcely get through, and when he got to the bank of the creek at the Lick, the whole land surrounding the Lick of about one hundred acres was principally covered with Buffelowes in every direction - not only hundreds but thousands; the space containing the sulphur spring was about two hundred yards each way across, and the Buffelowes had licked the dirt away several feet deep in that spring. The Buffelow did not mind the sight of him and his horse, but when the wind blew from him to them and they got the scent of him they would brake and run. (Draper MSS, W, 6XX, 83-84). As a result, the springs and surrounding area were first generally known as Bledsoe's Lick." And from "Old Sumner, A History of Sumner County, TN, From 1805-1861" by Walter T. Durham: " Anthony Bledsoe Clendenning appears to have been named after the Captain of father's company of War of 1812, Captain Adam Bledsoe. Pay Roll of a company of Infantry commanded by Captain Abraham Bledsoe of the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers of the United States from the 10th December, to the 9th February, 1813. Abraham Bledsoe, Capt.; Francis Weathered, Lt.; Anthony Clendening, Lt.; Richard Johnson, Ensign.; Peter Haynes, Sgt.; Thomas Meador, Sgt,; David Stearns, Sgt.; Lewis Hunter, Sgt.; Nathan Holloway, Cpl.; William Donoho, Cpl.; Beverly Fleming, Cpl.; Thomas Hunt, Cpl.; Ezekiel Mathas, Drummer; and the following Privates . . . ." -----Original Message----- From: tnsumner-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnsumner-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CBStark@aol.com Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 3:45 PM To: TNSUMNER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNSUMNER] first families of sumner co Settlement began in Middle Tennessee, including Sumner County, in the winter of 1779-1780 with the James Robertson-John Donelson party. Joyce Stark Blocker ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNSUMNER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Settlement began in Middle Tennessee, including Sumner County, in the winter of 1779-1780 with the James Robertson-John Donelson party. Joyce Stark Blocker ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CWMoretti Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.sumner/4602.3.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Kathleen Hill, please contact me at cwmoretti@aol.com I have ancestors among the first Sumner settlers and also live in Redondo Beach Connie Moretti Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jsbs67 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.sumner/4602.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thank you! brenda Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KHill60 Surnames: HOBDY, COTTON, DURHAM, GILLESPIE, PERDUE, ABSHER, MATTOX, COCHRAN, MAYES Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.sumner/4602.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The following book, which you can read online, gives an in depth account of some of the 1st families of Sumner Co. TN. The direct link is: www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/settlers.htm This book is just a small part of the Sumner Co. TN genealogy that can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/index.html (I descend from the Hobdy, Cotton and Cochran families. I have quite a bit of Hobdy family info and photos for my direct line, which goes thru William Hobdy and Elizabeth Scruggs. So if the Hobdy's are your line you may contact me at jak.ish@verizon.net) Some Early Settlers of Upper Sumner County, Tennessee The Hobdy, Cotton, Durham, Gillespie, Perdue, Absher, Mattox, Cochran and Mayes Families Compiled by Lee Alton Absher, M.D. Including a reprint of "The Settlement of Portland, Tennessee" by William T. McGlothlin published in The Portland Herald, 1909-1910 Knoxville, Tennessee © Copyright 1966 Thanks to Mrs. Reba Absher for permission to reprint the work of her husband, Lee Absher! Thanks to Janet Perdue King for retyping the book! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents Part One a.. Introduction b.. The Hobday & Cotton Families c.. The Durham Family d.. The Gillespie Family Addenda - The Gillespie Family e.. The Perdue Family f.. The Absher Family g.. The Mattox Family h.. The Cochran Family i.. The Mayes Family j.. The Settlement of Portland, TN Note: These articles by William T. McGlothlin can be found on the Communities page (of the web site noted above). ----------------------------------- Kathleen Hill Redondo Beach, CA Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Data on the Sumner County Genweb page clearly shows that Sumner County was settled considerably before 1800. Helen Gant Donald ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <TNSUMNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [TNSUMNER] first families of sumner co > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: KHill60 > Surnames: HOBDY, COTTON, DURHAM, GILLESPIE, PERDUE, ABSHER, MATTOX, > COCHRAN, MAYES > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.sumner/4602.3/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > The following book, which you can read online, gives an in depth account > of some of the 1st families of Sumner Co. TN. The direct link is: > www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/settlers.htm > This book is just a small part of the Sumner Co. TN genealogy that can be > found at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/index.html > > (I descend from the Hobdy, Cotton and Cochran families. I have quite a > bit of Hobdy family info and photos for my direct line, which goes thru > William Hobdy and Elizabeth Scruggs. So if the Hobdy's are your line you > may contact me at jak.ish@verizon.net) > > Some Early Settlers of Upper Sumner County, Tennessee > The Hobdy, Cotton, Durham, Gillespie, Perdue, Absher, Mattox, Cochran and > Mayes Families > > Compiled by > Lee Alton Absher, M.D. > > Including a reprint of > "The Settlement of Portland, Tennessee" > by William T. McGlothlin published in The Portland Herald, 1909-1910 > > Knoxville, Tennessee > © Copyright 1966 > Thanks to Mrs. Reba Absher for permission to reprint the work of her > husband, Lee Absher! > Thanks to Janet Perdue King for retyping the book! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Table of Contents > Part One > a.. Introduction > > b.. The Hobday & Cotton Families > > c.. The Durham Family > > d.. The Gillespie Family > Addenda - The Gillespie Family > > e.. The Perdue Family > > f.. The Absher Family > > g.. The Mattox Family > > h.. The Cochran Family > > i.. The Mayes Family > > j.. The Settlement of Portland, TN > Note: These articles by William T. McGlothlin can be found on the > Communities page (of the web site noted above). > ----------------------------------- > Kathleen Hill > Redondo Beach, CA > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNSUMNER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

YOU WROTE: Data on the Sumner County Genweb page clearly shows that Sumner County was settled considerably before 1800. Helen Gant Donald Yes, Sumner Co. TN was formed in 1786 out of a portion of Davidson Co. TN Davidson Co. TN had been formed in 1783 out of Washington Co. TN Washington Co. was formed in 1777 and covered the entire area of the state. Prior to that this area was North Carolina. Go to www.mytennesseegenealogy.com/tn_maps/tn_cf.htm click on the year that interests you. So for ancestors who arrived prior to 1800, one should check records in all the above. Kathleen Hill

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ChasCrain Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.sumner/4602.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I can help you with the Winters, Lindsey, and Crain families. Contact me directly. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.