I am looking for any information on the Epperson family I find 1820-1830 Sumner Co., Tn. I am trying to determine if the Joseph Epperson I find there was mu ggg-grandfather.I will appreciate any information.

Tim, I'm a FIERS descendant and am researching the FIERS line. Please e-mail me to share information about Sarah FIERS and Isaac MAITLEN. Thanks

I received this from another list and thought I'd pass it along............ The Story Tellers..... We are the chosen. My feelings are in each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again, to tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. To me, doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called as it were by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story. So, we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors you have a wonderful family you would be proud of us? How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say. It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am I and why do I do the things I do? It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying I can't let this happen. The bones here are bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing something about it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. How they contributed to what we are today. It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family. It goes to deep pride that they fought to make and keep us a Nation. It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for us. That we might be born who we are. That we might remember them. So we do. With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because we are them and they are us. So, as a scribe called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to that one called in the next generation to answer the call and take their place in the long line of family storytellers. That, is why I do my family genealogy, and that is what calls those young and old to step up and put flesh on the bones. ( Unknown Author )

» More From The Times-Picayune Obituaries News SENTER, BILL H. 07/14/01 Bill H. Senter, a retired bus driver with the Jefferson Parish school system, died Thursday at Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was 80. Mr. Senter was born in West Virginia and lived in Gretna for many years. He was an Army veteran of World War II and was a prisoner of war. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, the Lions Club, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. Survivors include his wife, Ruth Richardson Senter; two daughters, Toni and Amanda Senter; and a grandchild. A Mass will be said today at 12:30 p.m. at Mothe Funeral Home, 2100 West Bank Expressway, Harvey. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park. searching for Center, Centers, Senter, Hale, White, Newmeyer, Baumeier, Bogema. Sometimes you must Remember, Doing genealogy is like trying to herd cats .Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

HAS ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SIMON HARRISON RELATIVES AROUND WESTMORELAND AREA. I HAVE HEARD THAT HE IS RELATED TO SOME IN THAT AREA. LINDA HARRISON CLARK

Hoping that someone will have a census that covers years 1910-1915 in sumner co.still looking for the Meeks that lived there at that time thanks in advance James Meeks

My research has taken me to a brick wall in Sumner Co. Is there anyone living in Sumner Co that would be willing to help out with lookups? Names I am researching are: Albert Watkins b 1810 d 1880/oldage Albert Watkins b 1850 Net/Nettie Watkins b 1852 possibly Nettie Catron Jennie Watkins b 1872 d 1940 Nathan Harris b 1870 d 1940 Sallie Watkins b 1780 d 1880/oldage Jack Woodard b 1850 Ben Shaw b 1877 Sherman Watkins b 1870 d 1940 Willard Shaw b 1880 Willie Shaw b 1880 Tom Shaw b 1868 Albert Cummings b 1810 John Cummings b 1872 Alf Hall b 1860 Alex Harris b 1879 All born in TN and resided in Sumner Co in 1880 according to the census. All dates are approximate. Looking for possible obituaries on Sallie and Albert Watkins. Any information found would be greatly appreciated. I would like to find all descendants of the names given. Catron Harris Shaw Watkins Woodard Hall Cummings Weber Thanks in advance

Can anyone give me information about Boardvine or Bourvine Braswell who married Annie Lola Elizabeth Lawson in Surrey,NC in 1820. He later moved to Clinton County, KY and taught school there. He fathered Alexander Dallas Braswell who served with Champ Ferguson in the war for Southern Independence. who was my gggrandfather. Any help will be appreciated..............Ralph Braswell

I have just completed the lines of Heirom Gaines and James David Nimmo, both of Albemarle, whose descendants, the Nimmos and Griffins and many others, lived and died in Sumner Co. Nimmo's wife, Lucy Jane Austin Nimmo, lived to be 107 and died in the county. These lines have been approved by DAR. Sarah King

I'm searching for information regarding the Buntin family. Family information has by great-grandfather, James Bennett Buntin birthplace as Sumner County, TN (b. Oct 1876). My Great-great-grandmother's maiden name was Lucy Groves and my Great-great-grandfather's name (by family bible) as John Buntin. The 1880 census has a Lucy J. Buntin WF age 21 living in the Grove residence (House/Page: 216-258) along with one year old James Buntin (the age doesn't correspond with the census vs. family information to the birth date by only 3 years). S.P. Groves is the eldest WF age 46 (216-258)of this household. This appears to be a close match... can anybody help me with information regarding Lucy J. (Grove) Buntin and family? There is a listing in the 1880 census of a residence of J.C. Buntin WM age 52 & Margaret Buntin WF age 52(House/Page: 29-249). They have a son, James Buntin age 21. Can anyone help me with J.C. & Margaret Buntin and family? I had no luck finding a "John Buntin" within the age group with Lucy Buntin. Thanks in advance. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Does anyone have access to the 1810 census for Sumner Co.? I would like to see the listing for Richard King, age about 42, wife Rachel, age 36. I want to confirm that they had a son, Richard, who would have been between 4 and 10 years old. Other children listed should include: James, between 10 and 15, Robert, about 15, Martha, about 12, and another daughter, age about 13. I have been trying to confirm that Richard and Rachel are the parents of Richard (son), but have not been able to make the link. Richard the younger married Nancy Daley in Williamson County in 1827, before moving to Texas in 1833. This has been a CONCRETE wall for my brother and me. Hope someone will be able to help us. Thanks. Edna King-Miller, Atascadero, CA pikake@tcsn.net

Hi, Vickie; Is this the former Vickie Diane Mason? Gladys Elizabeth Slabaugh was my Aunt, the twin sister of my Father (Glen Franklin). I am interested in updating my info on the Mason Family. I happened to look at this Message Board while trying to find out something about Bernard Mason. If you are a part of the Mason Family and/or have current information about the Mason Family - I would like to chat with you and/or exchange information. You can email me direct. Thanks, Mark

I am looking for any relations to the Herrel family of Sumner county: Jerome Herrel and wife Mary Aldridge and the Jones family:James Jones and Vernie Haile. I descend from the daughter of Jerome Herrel:Eliotte Herrel and the son of James Jones :Walter Jones.

Does anyone out there have access to the Jackson Co., Tn. census? I'm looking for my ggggrandparents James and Matilda Butler, son, Finis Butler. If you could please do a lookup in Jackson, Warren or Sumner it would be a great help. Thanks, Jan Patton jpatton@cftnet.com

List, You can go the following website and see if your Sumner Co ancestors were in the RW. http://www.tngenweb.org/revwar/counties/sumner.htm Pam Vick

Edward Riley paid tax in Sumner County, Tennessee in 1816 on 40 acres of land located on "Caney Fork Drakes Creek". Can someone help me locate this are on a modern map? Are Land Records available for that period? What communities are in the are? Thank you Irene in California

Nathan, I was wondering if you ever found anything out. I think that we must be related because I have the same records that you do all the way to Isacc and seem to have hit a block. I come from the second marriage of Ira Thomas Collier (1856-1943) to Harriet Catherine Stone (1877-1965). My grandfather was Willard Whitfield Collier (1911-2000) and my father was Ira Thomas (1951- 1994)

I am just beginning my quest for my family's history. My grandmother was Nova Viola Rogers Tarrents of New Deal in Sumner county. Her brothers and sisters were: Leo, Vernon, J.D., "Shorty", "Sleepy", Alma, Claire Ruth, Nadine, Annie and Jack. I am not real sure of Shorty and Sleepy's real names. Her mother, I believe, was a Wallace. Also, I would appreciate if any one has any information on the Tarrents side. My grandfather was William Ambrose Tarrents. He came here from Simpson County, Kentucky. Thanks!

Family all from New Deal area. Will help if I can! :)

Family all from New Deal area.