Hi, Can anyone tell me more about Nora Butt? She married J. M. McGlothlin on Aug 21, 1861 in Sumner Co. TN. I believe this J. M. McGlothlin is James Martin son of Andrew Martin McGlothlin and Martha E. Payne. I am unable to find out what happen to J. M. and Nora. Thanks! Diane Payne

Fellow Researchers, Has anyone out there ever heard of Eleander, Tennessee. I'm sure it was not in Sumner County. Thanks Tim Heath Lebanon, Tennessee

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/HiB.2ACI/2800.1 Message Board Post: John Brown bn: about 1803 in Russel Co. VA-died about 1838 in TN. John Brown was married to Elizabeth McClarry Robert Sidney Brown married Sarah Elizabeth Angel in 1854 Children: 1. MARY ELIZABETH (1855) 2. GEORGE WASHINGTON (1856) 3. JOHN WESLEY (1857) 4. ROBERT JEFFERSON DAVIS (1860) 5. SIDNEY MORGAN (1862) THIS IS ALL I HAVE ON THIS FAMILY MAYBE IT WILL HELP YOU SOME.

In a message dated 6/27/2005 4:52:42 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Mary Sue Dye of Portland published an excellent book on this cemetery in 2002 with lots of pictures, names of those buried there, and histories of many of their families as well as the history of the cemetery. I don't know if copies are still available. Mary Sue, last I knew, was at 632 College St., Portland, TN 37148. The last I knew there were still copies of the Fountain Head Cemetery book available for sale. The most recent address I have for Mary Sue Dye is: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])

Mary Sue Dye of Portland published an excellent book on this cemetery in 2002 with lots of pictures, names of those buried there, and histories of many of their families as well as the history of the cemetery. I don't know if copies are still available. Mary Sue, last I knew, was at 632 College St., Portland, TN 37148.

hello, I am looking for someone connected to S. Thomas Wilson, b- abt 1838. He was married to Mary E. Byrn/Burns on Sept. 20, 1860. I know that they had at least one daughter named Susan A. Wilson. Susan married Elmer Bentle. Mary is my common link on all of these names. She is my gr gr grandmother through her 2nd marriage to William Henry Vaughan in 1876. Thanks, Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer Brown" <[email protected]> To: "sandym717" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [TNSUMNER] Bentle, Wilson and Brake families > Hi, > What years are you looking for? > I have an Annie Wilson that married John Wesley Garrison b May 19, 1812 > Sumner Co. TN. > They were married on Aug 7, 1858 > > I have a George Wilson b abt 1780 d Apr 1831 in Allen Co. KY married a Sarah > _____ > George and Sarah had a daughter named Martha/Patsy Wilson b 1802, who > married John Patrick O'Neal > George's brother was Joseph T. Wilson b abt 1789 maried a Polly/Mary _______ > > I have more info on the O'Neals (if you need it) > > There is also a Granville Cook Wilson who married Vertie Huntsman (d/o > William Henry Huntsman and Sarah Elizabeth Dotson) > > The rest of my Wilsons are from the Cannon/Warren County area. > > Let me know if any of these fit in with your Wilsons. > Good Luck! > Jennifer Brown > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "sandym717" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 6:45 PM > Subject: [TNSUMNER] Bentle, Wilson and Brake families > > > > Hello Macon and Sumner friends and families..... > > > > I am looking for anyone with information on these families. I know they > > were > > in this area and I am hoping there are still some family members in the > > area > > now. I would love to talk to you about some family members.... > > > > Thanks so much, > > > > Sandy Simmons Mince > > > >

Rev Garry D Speich: Since you are the District Superintendent for Sumner County, I thought you might be able help with this dilemma. I am one of the many genealogy researchers who 'tramp around' in old cemeteries and other places looking for 'clues'. I also grew up in the Fountain Head area. In August 1942, a historical marker was placed in this cemetery with the following inscription: "Near this spot stood old Fountain Head Meeting House of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Here the Tennessee Conference held its first session in 1812. Bishops Asbury and McKendree presided. Near here Bishop McKendree lived and was buried. Later his body was moved to the Vanderbilt University campus." 'Erected August 15, 1942' This cemetery was 'adopted' by the Boy Scouts of the area 6 or 7 years ago, but the upkeep has been lacking. At present there doesn't seem to be anyone in charge of the upkeep and the grass is about 2 ft high. Since this is a historical site for the United Methodist Church and a marker was erected in remembrance of that event, isn't there some kind of help, maintenance that can come from the United Methodist conference, at least from the district level? Could the local United Methodist Churches be responsible for the cemetery? Thank you for giving consideration to this request. Nancy Culbreath Newby

I would like to know about White Hill, TN (just above Millersville). I know it is now in both Sumner & Robertson Ctys, I am sure that is due to the "cut" through the ridge there. There seems to be very little there now to tell about the past. Both my paternal grandparents were born at White Hill according to my Dad's birth certificate (he was born 1872 - Minville Lycurgus Dorris - born at White House). They were Joseph Marion Dorris married to Mary Margaret Brinkley. I would be interested to know why it was prominent, significant etc. Thanks, Genevieve Dorris Lish

Since there has been so much discussion recently about Old Fountain Head Cemetery, I thought some researchers might like to know just who is buried there. Several of my own folks are buried there. I visited this cemetery during an April trip to TN this year. In April the upkeep looked just fine. Perhaps all the rain this year had contributed to the present overgrowth noted earlier. To see a list of those buried in Old Fountain Head, go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/founcem.htm To see a photo of the Commemorative Stone, go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/pc_commemorative.htm Several tombstones in Old Fountain Head have been photographed, to see these tombstone photographs, go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/sumncems.htm Scroll down to Old Fountain Head cemetery and click on the photo you would like to see. All of this information is available at the Sumner County, TN Genealogy web site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/index.html Also, for anyone not aware, the Sumner County TN Genealogist Companion web site has many more Sumner Co cemeteries transcribed at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~providence/burial_index.htm just click on the cemetery name or use the Search Engine at this site to look for your folks. Hope this helps someone. Kathleen Hill Redondo Beach, CA Sumner Co TN direct ancestors: Cochran, Cotton, Hargis, Hill, Hobdy, Hodges, Reddick, Scruggs, and Whitson

Is there anyone out there who has knowledge of the douglass families that were in Sumner County, TN in the very early 1800's and perhaps late 1700's. Have read about them some on various sites, but information is very hard to come by on these families. I have my ancestors traced back to Smith county in 1820, and its possible that they were in Sumner county, prior to the formation of Smith county out of Sumner. Any information on the Douglasses of early Sumner county is welcomed, or any reference sites where I may research them for myself. Thanks, Cory J. Douglas --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football

Brizendine in my tree also, connected to my Freeland and Brown families __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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/HiB.2ACI/2798.1.1 Message Board Post: That is correct, but the grass is about 18" to 24" high now. I do not know who is in charge of the cemetery Billy [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brizendine, Fowler Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HiB.2ACI/2798.1 Message Board Post: This cemetery was adopted by the Boy Scouts six or seven years ago - if it is the same one I visited during a family reunion. The cemetery had few markers. Leroy Brizendine and other Brizendines were buried there..there was a plaque placed there the week prior to our visit. I have Fowlers and Brizendines in my line.

Hello Macon and Sumner friends and families..... I am looking for anyone with information on these families. I know they were in this area and I am hoping there are still some family members in the area now. I would love to talk to you about some family members.... Thanks so much, Sandy Simmons Mince

I think they have done a grt. job with the site. My frustration is my grt. grandmother died in 1909 but she isn't listed in the death records. Her marriage records only have her hubby's inititals, and her tombstone has her maiden name. So am stuck basically with secondary resources. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

The best examples of articles about the geographic feature known as "barren(s)" are to be found on "Google". Not a day goes by where I don't use it to explain something to myself. Of course the barrens you are referring to are in the northern half of Sumner County on up across the Kentucky border to Elizabethtown. As you will read in the attachment, Fort Campbell's acreage in KY/TN has the largest barren in the country. The one that extends into Sumner County is on the Highland Rim, the beautiful high land that one must cross when traveling from Gallatin to Portland, then westward to Clarksville in Montgomery County, to Stewart County and south toward Nashville. Limestone lies below the soil with few outcroppings. But very few tall trees exist because the common theory as to how barrens developed was by Native Americans burning thousands of years ago. A barren is not a prairie. An estimate of age is between 3000-4000 years ago. Grasses and and other wildlife, some totally unique to a particular barren, developed. Some are endangered and protected today. Restoration of the barrens areas and reintroduction of certain species of grasses, shrubs, flowers and fish is being undertaken today. The earliest map of KY drawn in 1784 and one drawn in 1795, show the barrens our ancestors settled on. The Middle Tennessee barrens extend into western Davidson Co. TN, as well as into Montgomery, Humphries, Maury and Stewart Counties. There are other barrens in Tennessee, Kentucky, as well as in other states. Rivers such as the Red, the Green and the Duck drain the barrens areas northwest and west of Sumner Co. Many of our Sumner settlers arrived on the Red River from Kentucky in the late18th century. Linda Read Chesser Former Teacher of Geography and Lifetime Member of GENI, Geography Educators Network of Indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 12:19 PM Subject: [TNSUMNER] The Barrens > Would someone please tell me a little about the Barrens....what they were, > where they were located and if they still exist? Why were they called the > Barrens? > > Thanks, Sandra > >

Would someone please tell me a little about the Barrens....what they were, where they were located and if they still exist? Why were they called the Barrens? Thanks, Sandra

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lovell Davis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HiB.2ACI/2802 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on the James Davis who married Marthey Lovell in 1850 in Greene Co. IL. Marthey's brother, Wyley, married Hannah Davis. I believe that Hannah and James were related. I am trying to confirm this. Parents, David and Elizabeth Lovell are buried in Greene Co. Il.

Most of what you'll find in Ancestry.com and other on line sites and services came from research of about 3 or 4 people, and published in my book on this family called "Dance Steps - Six Generations of the descendants of Dance Brown. Book sold out a few years ago. Much more on my website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~browngen/ or contact directly. Robert was a Civil War casuality. He enlisted at Bowling Green., KY on 27 Sept 1861 at 23 Years as 2nd LT. in the 2nd. batt'l, Tn mounted volunteer, evaluation of horse = $200. In 1850 census of Sumner Co., TN age 14 Living with Elizabeth Brown age 44 his mother & Susan = Malinda Susan, dau. of Josiah Rippy, his stepsister. Robert's mother, Elizabeth, bought most of John's estate in the final settlement. She reported in May 1840, that John Brown was dead and that their son Robert Sidney was 2 years old next November. It is therefore very likely that Robert S. never saw his father. 1860 census Sumner Co., TN family 991-285: born age sex color Brown, R. L. Farmer Tenn. 22mw (this is Robert Sidney) Brown, Sarah Wife Tenn. 22fw (this is Sarah Elizabeth) Brown, Mary Tenn. 5fw (this is Mary Elizabeth) Brown, Geo. Tenn. 4mw (this is George Washington) Brown, John Tenn. 3mw (this is John Wesley) 1861 Robert Sidney was mustered into service Sept 27, 1861 at age of 23, therefore his birth date was before Sept 27, 1838 and after Sept 27, 1837. 1862-died in civil war. ========================= Robert Sydney was the son of John Brown and Elizabeth McClary. John = oldest son of Dance Brown and Keziah Grant. Elizabeth McClary was the daughter of Robert W. McClary and Mary Spears. Robert Sydney was the only child of John Brown due to John's early death in 1838. Elizabeth McClary Brown then married two other times = Josiah Rippy in 1840 = one child - Malinda Susan Rippy, then she married Phillip Mabry in 1851. Thanks, Freddy Brown

My experience in Sumner County research has been the opposite! My relatives moved from Sumner to a "burned" county where there is a dearth of records. It is great to research in a county that has records back to the county's formation. The Sumner County court records have been especially helpful to me and have solved a number of puzzles. Nancy Webb Wood ----- Original Message ----- From: "b.f. parker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 12:55 PM Subject: frustration /confusion > Would like to hear a story or 2 of successful research in the Sumner County confusion/chaos of the old records. It took me almost 10 years to find someone, almost gave up again and again, wonder if anyone else felt the same way? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ______________________________