I recently came across an 1832 Sumner Co, TN land deed. According to this deed, 46 acres along the Middle Fork of the Red River were deeded to Jeremiah Minter. Can anyone who knows the area tell me where this is would be? I looked on a couple of maps but cannot determine where the Middle Fork of the Red River is. I am familiar with the area, as my husband is from Simpson Co, KY (Franklin) and his father was from White House, TN. Also, is this the same area where Margaret Minters lived and is this Jeremiah her son? Thanks! Sherri

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Does anyone know about Laura Malone, birth, death, marriage and possible children? Dies After A Long Illness Mrs. Georgia Malone Passes Away Saturday-Interment at Bethpage Mrs. Georgia Malone, wife of J. W. Malone of Gallatin, died at 12:30 p. m. Saturday, March 25th, at their home on Franklin Street. Her death was due to tuberculosis, from which she had been ill for a long while. Mrs. Malone was sixty years of age and a daughter of the late David L. Johnson, for many years a prominent citizen of this county. She was twice married, first to James M. Tomkins of Gallatin, and following his death to John Wesley Malone of Bethpage. She is survived by the latter and by two children - a son, Joe Tomkins, and a daughter, Miss Laura Malone. She is survived also by one sister, Mrs. Larry W. Walker, of Gallatin. Mrs. Malone was a faithful member of the Bethpage Methodist Church. The burial took place at Bethpage Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. B. Lowry of Gallatin, assisted by Rev. I. C. Hoskins and Rev. C. R. Wade. Gallatin, TN. Thursday, March 30, 1911. ---------------------------------------------------------

Does any Carter's out there have a John Carter born 1856 in Tn. as being in the 1880 census for Hopkins Ky? If so I would like to ask some question of you. This might be a family connection that I'm trying to find on. His father was born in Tn. and his mother was born in N.C. Thanks, Chris Carter

It means BORN. You have here a person who was born Georgia Johnson who previously married someone named Tompkins, prior to her marriage to John Wesley Malone. If you are hunting for her parents, look for Johnsons not Tompkins. Cheers Mary [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Hanna, Malone > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HiB.2ACI/2727 > > Message Board Post: > > I was fortunate to be in the Nashville area this past week and spend a couple of days at the Sumner County courthouse archives. I was thrilled to discover an original pamphlet entitled "Second Reunion of The Descendants of James and Susan Bryson Hanna held at Bethpage, Sumner County, Tennessee, April 17th, 1891." James and Susan and my third-great-grandparents. > > The booklet has a ton of great information but I was puzzled by a writing convention that I hope someone can explain to me. In the genealogy record at the back of the pamphlet, one of the entries states: > > Georgia Tompkins (nee Johnson) was born March 19, 1851, and was married to John Wesley Malone January 4, 1883. > > The "nee" is in italics. Can someone kindly tell me what this convention means? > > Thanks. > > >

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Thank you Linda for reminding me about the Foxfire books. Great, and I remember getting several of them for my Mother who grew up in west Texas when it was still wild and woolly, and was, by the time the books came out, teaching school in the upper reaches of northern Maine. I thought her students would enjoy the tales of "pioneer life" to which they themselves were so close, as my mother had been. I think I'll have to accumulate a set for myself. It was long ago that I read them, And I think they would be a great addition to my reference shelves now. Cheers Mary Linda Chesser wrote: > Upon arrival, a "lean-to" was often the first structure that went up to immediately protect the pioneers from the elements. If there was time before winter set in, a single-pen cabin with a loft was built. If a larger structure was desired, a double-pen was constructed with a "dog-trot" in between. Later, the kitchen was a separate building out back along with a root cellar and/or smokehouse. The cabin's logs were "chinked" with a mixture of pebbles, straw, and mud, whatever was available in the area to fill the cracks between the logs. I-Houses were often constructed with a center door and a hearth at both ends. Single I-Houses were half the size with only one hearth. Later, additions were added and sometimes more doors, but these doors are not the two doors referred to in the original question. There are several of these I-Houses left throughout the East, Midwest and South dating from the 1700s through the 1850s and they have been remodeled. Federal, Colonial, a nd! > Classical styles dominated until about 1840. Then the Victorian style of porches, gingerbread trim, and carriage houses prevailed. It is in this time period of Post Civil War through 1920 that most of the frame and/or brick houses appeared built with the two front doors we still see today, most of the time set at a 90 degree angle to each other on a porch. In about 1900, the two-story box or square farm houses appeared with large front entrances and side and back entrances as well. In the city, due to industrialization and a need for economical and quick-to-construct dwellings, "shotgun" houses appeared in quantity about 1890-1910. They had sprung up earlier in western mining boom towns. Bungalows and modern contemporary styles came along in the 1920s and 30s. Post-WWII and the "Baby-Boom" generation gave us the most of the other styles with garages and family rooms such as the ranch, split-level, bi-level, tri-level, and more > Most of us who read The Foxfire Book Series of the 1970s received a good education about how our ancestors survived in post-Revolutionary times. The books' emphases are on Appalachian settlers and their ways which were mostly the ideas of these German, and Scottish-Irish immigrants and their ancestors. So everywhere the Germans ( in America in 1683), the Scottish, and the Irish lived, their customs and styles followed. Everything, from how they built their homes to the dances they did and the songs they sang, came with them. From the styles of clothing they wore to the way they preserved food and treated their illnesses, was brought with them as they moved from place to place. Remember that Virginia was mother to West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, and North Carolina gave birth to Tennessee. Their heritage and the accompanying folklore spread as rapidly as our ancestors' feet, horses, oxen, wagons, and flatboats could carry them. It is vital that we research a nd! > record as much as possible about the other aspects of our ancestors' lives and not just record names and dates. Our descendants will have a better chance of understanding the rich heritage that is theirs with an interesting and priceless piece of history we pass on to them. > Linda Read Chesser > >

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Upon arrival, a "lean-to" was often the first structure that went up to immediately protect the pioneers from the elements. If there was time before winter set in, a single-pen cabin with a loft was built. If a larger structure was desired, a double-pen was constructed with a "dog-trot" in between. Later, the kitchen was a separate building out back along with a root cellar and/or smokehouse. The cabin's logs were "chinked" with a mixture of pebbles, straw, and mud, whatever was available in the area to fill the cracks between the logs. I-Houses were often constructed with a center door and a hearth at both ends. Single I-Houses were half the size with only one hearth. Later, additions were added and sometimes more doors, but these doors are not the two doors referred to in the original question. There are several of these I-Houses left throughout the East, Midwest and South dating from the 1700s through the 1850s and they have been remodeled. Federal, Colonial, and! Classical styles dominated until about 1840. Then the Victorian style of porches, gingerbread trim, and carriage houses prevailed. It is in this time period of Post Civil War through 1920 that most of the frame and/or brick houses appeared built with the two front doors we still see today, most of the time set at a 90 degree angle to each other on a porch. In about 1900, the two-story box or square farm houses appeared with large front entrances and side and back entrances as well. In the city, due to industrialization and a need for economical and quick-to-construct dwellings, "shotgun" houses appeared in quantity about 1890-1910. They had sprung up earlier in western mining boom towns. Bungalows and modern contemporary styles came along in the 1920s and 30s. Post-WWII and the "Baby-Boom" generation gave us the most of the other styles with garages and family rooms such as the ranch, split-level, bi-level, tri-level, and more Most of us who read The Foxfire Book Series of the 1970s received a good education about how our ancestors survived in post-Revolutionary times. The books' emphases are on Appalachian settlers and their ways which were mostly the ideas of these German, and Scottish-Irish immigrants and their ancestors. So everywhere the Germans ( in America in 1683), the Scottish, and the Irish lived, their customs and styles followed. Everything, from how they built their homes to the dances they did and the songs they sang, came with them. From the styles of clothing they wore to the way they preserved food and treated their illnesses, was brought with them as they moved from place to place. Remember that Virginia was mother to West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, and North Carolina gave birth to Tennessee. Their heritage and the accompanying folklore spread as rapidly as our ancestors' feet, horses, oxen, wagons, and flatboats could carry them. It is vital that we research and! record as much as possible about the other aspects of our ancestors' lives and not just record names and dates. Our descendants will have a better chance of understanding the rich heritage that is theirs with an interesting and priceless piece of history we pass on to them. Linda Read Chesser

And an additional resources for the fans of what we in Florida call the "cracker" style, check your local library for: Haase, Ronald W. Classic cracker : Florida's wood-frame vernacular architecture / Ronald W. Haase. Sarasota, Fla. : Pineapple Press, 1992. If they don't have it, mention Interlibrary Loan. Cheers Mary [email protected] wrote: > And that is a great example. The windows in the front were, very often once > doors that were the only entrance into the original cabins. Later they became > windows or remained as doors on the front of the house. That cabin on this > web site is a good example of the similarity to the Cape Cod type of house the > evolved from this simple beginning across Tennessee that was first seen on > the East Coast, coming from England. The porch on the front really adds to the > home look. Neat site. Thanks. > > Regina > >

Interested in Old Cabins? Check some on my website. Click on "Scenes of Interest" http://hearlshill.freeservers.com/index.html Take a photo Tour of Abingdon, Va. No Popups, No Ads! G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Va.

And that is a great example. The windows in the front were, very often once doors that were the only entrance into the original cabins. Later they became windows or remained as doors on the front of the house. That cabin on this web site is a good example of the similarity to the Cape Cod type of house the evolved from this simple beginning across Tennessee that was first seen on the East Coast, coming from England. The porch on the front really adds to the home look. Neat site. Thanks. Regina

This obituary appeared in the Nashville Tennessean on Wednesday, 2 February 2005: Julius H. NEEL Sumner County Age 94 January 30, 2005 Age 94, of Bethpage, died January 30, 2005. Visitation will be Wednesday, February 2nd, 2005 from 4 - 7 p.m. and on Thursday, from 12 Noon until 1 p.m., at which time we will leave to go to the Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church, for funeral service at 2 p.m., with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Neel is survived by a brother, Thomas Wallace Neel of Nashville; nieces and nephews. NEWBY FUNERAL HOME 615-452-3370.

More on Dogtrot houses with pix and a link: http://www.tngennet.org/warren/wardog.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:23 AM Subject: [TNSUMNER] A little history about those houses with two doors..... > Dear Members: > > In some parts of the South, particularly Tennessee, the houses were built in > stages as the early pioneers were needs increased and they had time and > money to reach completion. They were cabin, at first, with one room and a > fireplace and a door with an attic or second floor that was accessed with a ladder. > They ate, slept and lived in this one large room and storage and food drying > was upstairs. As they expanded with time. they built another second cabin > right next to the first with about six to ten feet in between. This way they > could build the second without construction bothering them in the first. > > The second was built in the same fashion, sometime much larger with an > upstairs also and a front door. There was also a door to the side and perhaps to > the back as well if this second cabin was large enough. > > In the next phase, they attached the two houses together to make one large > house with a porch of sorts, in between because they built a wall in front and > back and a roof and then this room was usually not heated. A breezeway of > sorts. It also had a front and back door and entrances to each side house to > make it one large house. This room was often called "the dog run or dog room" > because the dogs slept there at night. Often, then, they closed off the doors > to the front in the two main houses and went into the middle part or dog run > to access outside. It functioned as a porch in that way and helped keep the > two main houses warmer by closing off the direct access. > > But often, they left one door in place on either of the two main houses. Now > what remained in the end was, one downstairs that was used as the kitchen or > living area, the second larger downstairs was used as the master bedroom or > guest area and as a living area with a fireplace of it's own. The two upstairs > units that were the lofts or bedrooms for the children, or storage for their > supplies and for drying food. It must have been very hard to keep out the > bees and insects in the summer. > > So, we have a house with one downstairs living area that also was used as an > indoor kitchen during the winter, although they usually built an outside > kitchen for cooking if they had the money, separate from the main house for > smoking and another for cooking. > > These houses were made of logs and mud was used for sealing and insulation. > You can see them along the old roads and back off the highways and, is you > notice, you can wee that there are actually two houses attached together. They > have at least two front doors and the back usually comes off the dog run in > the center. These houses were build from the late 1700s as the pioneers made > their way across the country, until the early 1900s when processed wood became > more available to all areas of the country. > > These houses are fascinating and one can know that they are very, very old > and a pieces of American history that is not shared in other countries. Trees > were easily available and, as they say, necessity is the mother of invention. > > Hope you have enjoyed this bit of American from an old Sumner County member. > > Regina L. Markowicz > Troy, Michigan > researching Covington, Bloodworth, Hughes, Stith, and Griffin in Sumner > County and TN. >