Is it possible to also do a look up for a "Robert GORDON" and his wife "Sarah GORDON"? Robert died in 1854 and Sarah died in the 1870s or 1880s, but I would like to find where in Warren Co. they are burried. Possibly near the "old Gordon farm," which was located on the Barron Fork of Collins River. I believe they may be burried near other related Gordons. Thanks for any help. Tei A. Gordon

Your Gordon's are not in my cemetary book. I only have the Volume 4 so I can not help you. Sorry. Christy

You are welcome for the information. I enjoy helping others with their brick walls. I know how it is when you hit one. The cemetary listing shows: Oak Grove Cemetary at Barren Fork. I hope this helps you and if there is anything else I can help you with I can try to find it in the one cemetary book I have. Christy

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Christy, in looking at this reply YOU HAVE JUST MADE MY DAY with the maiden name of Abigail! I am really trying to find out all I can about this family. May I ask is it Oak Grove Cemetery or Barren Fork Cemetery?? or perhaps Oak Grove Cemetery at Barren Fork? Thanks for your help. Carolyn Bates Krodell ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [TNWARREN] cemetery look up please > This is what I found in the Warren County, Tennessee Cemetary Volume 4. This > is all I could find on Abigail and Benjamin. I hope this helps you. > Christy > > Oak Grove Cemetary at Barren Fork Cemetary: > > Maria Elizabeth (Bates) Lance: Sept. 10, 1839 -- Dec. 2, 1913 (Daugheter of > Benjamin and Abigail (Holcomb) Bates, wife of James Silas Lance) > > James Silas Lance : Aug. 27, 1834 -- Jan. 5, 1922 (Son of Clayton and > Matilda (Luttrell) Lance, husband of Maria Elizabeth Bates, married Dec. 21, > 1865) > > > > Whitlock Cemetary: > > Ida Louella Bates: Aug. 15, 1873 -- Sept. 21, 1940 ( Daughter of B. Riley > and Mary E. (Lance) Bates) > > Mary E. Bates : May 24, 1844 -- June 22, 1915 ( Dughter of Clayton and > Matilda (Luttrell) Lance, wife of B. Riley Bates, married Mar. 29, 1866) > > Ridley Bates: Mar. 20, 1834 -- Oct. 25, 1916 (Husband of Mary E. Lance) > > Robert L. Bates: Feb. 8, 1867 -- July 20, 1922 ( Son of B. Ridley and Mary > E. (Lance) Bates) > > > ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== > This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. > It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical > Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. > No commercial activities are allowed on this list. > Please see full list rules here: > http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

This is what I found in the Warren County, Tennessee Cemetary Volume 4. This is all I could find on Abigail and Benjamin. I hope this helps you. Christy Oak Grove Cemetary at Barren Fork Cemetary: Maria Elizabeth (Bates) Lance: Sept. 10, 1839 -- Dec. 2, 1913 (Daugheter of Benjamin and Abigail (Holcomb) Bates, wife of James Silas Lance) James Silas Lance : Aug. 27, 1834 -- Jan. 5, 1922 (Son of Clayton and Matilda (Luttrell) Lance, husband of Maria Elizabeth Bates, married Dec. 21, 1865) Whitlock Cemetary: Ida Louella Bates: Aug. 15, 1873 -- Sept. 21, 1940 ( Daughter of B. Riley and Mary E. (Lance) Bates) Mary E. Bates : May 24, 1844 -- June 22, 1915 ( Dughter of Clayton and Matilda (Luttrell) Lance, wife of B. Riley Bates, married Mar. 29, 1866) Ridley Bates: Mar. 20, 1834 -- Oct. 25, 1916 (Husband of Mary E. Lance) Robert L. Bates: Feb. 8, 1867 -- July 20, 1922 ( Son of B. Ridley and Mary E. (Lance) Bates)

Thank you so much. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [TNWARREN] cemetery look up please > This is what I found in the Warren County, Tennessee Cemetary Volume 4. This > is all I could find on Abigail and Benjamin. I hope this helps you. > Christy > > Oak Grove Cemetary at Barren Fork Cemetary: > > Maria Elizabeth (Bates) Lance: Sept. 10, 1839 -- Dec. 2, 1913 (Daugheter of > Benjamin and Abigail (Holcomb) Bates, wife of James Silas Lance) > > James Silas Lance : Aug. 27, 1834 -- Jan. 5, 1922 (Son of Clayton and > Matilda (Luttrell) Lance, husband of Maria Elizabeth Bates, married Dec. 21, > 1865) > > > > Whitlock Cemetary: > > Ida Louella Bates: Aug. 15, 1873 -- Sept. 21, 1940 ( Daughter of B. Riley > and Mary E. (Lance) Bates) > > Mary E. Bates : May 24, 1844 -- June 22, 1915 ( Dughter of Clayton and > Matilda (Luttrell) Lance, wife of B. Riley Bates, married Mar. 29, 1866) > > Ridley Bates: Mar. 20, 1834 -- Oct. 25, 1916 (Husband of Mary E. Lance) > > Robert L. Bates: Feb. 8, 1867 -- July 20, 1922 ( Son of B. Ridley and Mary > E. (Lance) Bates) > > > ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== > This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. > It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical > Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. > No commercial activities are allowed on this list. > Please see full list rules here: > http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I wonder if someone could look up the Bates' buried in the Whitlock Cemetery in Centertown, TN. I am particularly interested in Abigail Bates, Benjamin Bates, their daughter Mariah Elizabeth Bates Phillips, and son Broomfield Ridley Bates. Thank you so much for your help. Carolyn Bates Krodell Fayetteville, AR

Was so sad to see that our cousin has died. She was a remarkable woman.I am so glad I got to meet her that time. She will be missed. Thanks for posting her obituary, Fred Liz

I was going through some very old newspapers I have and saw this and thought others might be interested in some old copy. I find it fun reading them especially the various advertisments. Enjoy Patti The Daily Graphic, New York March 17, 1876 Pigmies of a Past Period [From the Woodbury (Tenn.) Press] An Ancient graveyard of vast proportions has been found in Coffee County. It is similar to those found in White County and other places in Middle Tennessee, but is vastly more extensive, and shows that a race of pigmies who once inhabited this country were very numerous. The same peculiarities of position observed in the White County graves are found in these. The writer of the letter say: “Some considerable excitement and curiosity took place a few days ago since near Hillsboro, Coffee County on James Brown’s farm. A man was ploughing in a field which has been cultivated many years and ploughed up a man’s skull and other bones. After making further examination they found that there was about six acres in the graveyard. They were buried in a sitting or standing position. The bones show that they were a dwarf tribe of people about three feet high. It is estimated that there were about 75,000 to 100,000 buried there. This shows that this country was inhabited hundreds of years ago.”

Fred, Thank you so much for posting Lib's obituary. I'm so sorry to learn of her death. Last May she was such a gracious host and guide to me. She took me to all the old Anderson and Smoot sites in Warren County and helped me find Joseph Melton's grave. She gave so much to family history. She was a wonderful cousin. Ann Melugin Williams -----Original Message----- From: Fred Smoot [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 1:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TNWARREN] Obituary: Myra Elizabeth (Lib) Chastain www.tennessean.com THE TENNESSEAN Sunday, February 23, 2003 7B DEATH NOTICES ------------------- MIDSTATE & DAVIDSON ------------------- WARREN Myra Elizabeth Chastain, 83, dies McMINNVILLE, Tenn. Myra Elizabeth (Lib) Chastain, 83, a former Warren County Commission member and advocate of improved mental-health care, died Thursday in the Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center in Murfreesboro after a three-month illness. Ms. Chastain, a Warren County native and farmer in the Shellsford community, was an outspoken champion of environmental protection. She led a political battle in the County Commission to establish a system of rural solid-waste collection and disposal. "Lib had the interests and needs of the entire county at heart," said retired county executive Harry Dunn, who served with her for 16 years. "Every vote she cast on the floor of the commission was one for every citizen of Warren County." Ms. Chastain was first elected commissioner in 1966 and retired in 1990. A longtime director of the board of the Warren County Agricultural and Livestock Fair, she organized annual exhibits of commercial and exotic poultry and prize-winning rabbits. She also spearheaded programs for youth education in agriculture and community service. Enlisting in the U.S. Army as America entered World War II, she rose to the rank of a WAC major before retiring in 1963, holding one of the highest ranks of any woman born in Warren County. A member of the Baptist Church, she had been honored as Woman of the Year by the local unit of the Business and Professional Women. She had remained active as a director of the Warren County Meals on Wheels program until declining health forced her retirement. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. today at High Funeral Home here, with private burial in the Chastain Family Cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home will be 1-4 p.m. today. Survivors include a brother, Edwin Chastain, McMinnville; and a sister, Billie Vivian Jones, Trezevant, Tenn. BILL ZECHMAN FOR THE TENNESSEAN ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. No commercial activities are allowed on this list. Please see full list rules here: http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

www.tennessean.com THE TENNESSEAN Sunday, February 23, 2003 7B DEATH NOTICES ------------------- MIDSTATE & DAVIDSON ------------------- WARREN Myra Elizabeth Chastain, 83, dies McMINNVILLE, Tenn. Myra Elizabeth (Lib) Chastain, 83, a former Warren County Commission member and advocate of improved mental-health care, died Thursday in the Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center in Murfreesboro after a three-month illness. Ms. Chastain, a Warren County native and farmer in the Shellsford community, was an outspoken champion of environmental protection. She led a political battle in the County Commission to establish a system of rural solid-waste collection and disposal. "Lib had the interests and needs of the entire county at heart," said retired county executive Harry Dunn, who served with her for 16 years. "Every vote she cast on the floor of the commission was one for every citizen of Warren County." Ms. Chastain was first elected commissioner in 1966 and retired in 1990. A longtime director of the board of the Warren County Agricultural and Livestock Fair, she organized annual exhibits of commercial and exotic poultry and prize-winning rabbits. She also spearheaded programs for youth education in agriculture and community service. Enlisting in the U.S. Army as America entered World War II, she rose to the rank of a WAC major before retiring in 1963, holding one of the highest ranks of any woman born in Warren County. A member of the Baptist Church, she had been honored as Woman of the Year by the local unit of the Business and Professional Women. She had remained active as a director of the Warren County Meals on Wheels program until declining health forced her retirement. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. today at High Funeral Home here, with private burial in the Chastain Family Cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home will be 1-4 p.m. today. Survivors include a brother, Edwin Chastain, McMinnville; and a sister, Billie Vivian Jones, Trezevant, Tenn. BILL ZECHMAN FOR THE TENNESSEAN

Since he died in 1924 there should be a death certificate and maybe even a newspaper obit for him. Have you checked into that? I collect what others have sent me, document when possible, but go more in depth for my own lines [of course]. Thanks for any info. Wanda ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 2:30 PM Subject: [TNWARREN] RE: FRANCIS JUSTICE JOHNSON > Gant, > > Thank you for the information. I have done some research on Thomas Johnson & > Mahala Martin, but I have never been able to tie them to my line of Johnson. > If memory serves me correctly (and that is always dangerous) I believe he was > b. KY and was a minister. > > The Thomas Johnson you show (1847-1924) as being the husband of Julia Ann > Denison, I believe to be incorrect. Julia Ann Denison did marry a Thomas > Johnson, but it was Thomas Logan Johnson, b. 20 Nov 1833 in either Warren or > Marion Co. TN. Thomas Logan was the son of William Perry Johnson, b. 1808, > prob. Warren Co. TN. These records are found in the Rev. John J. Watts > records, Vol. 6, Pg. 14 in Missouri. > > Believe me, I know that Johnson is difficult, at best to track. When I try > to search any kind of records, they are everywhere. I would be interested in > your thoughts on this marriage of Thomas & Julia. > > Thank you for responding, I have seen your posts before online. > > Sincerely, Judy in TX > > > ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== > This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. > It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical > Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. > No commercial activities are allowed on this list. > Please see full list rules here: > http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Pearl is just one of the people I corresponded with: Descendants of Pearl Johnson Generation No. 1 1. Pearl3 Johnson (James Berton2, Thomas1) was born 10 February 1896. She married Howard Bartch 19 October 1915. He was born 28 October 1888, and died 03 March 1965. More About Howard Bartch and Pearl Johnson: Marriage: 19 October 1915 Children of Pearl Johnson and Howard Bartch are: 2 i. Madge May4 Bartch, born 26 April 1917. 3 ii. Elvin Albert Bartch, born 17 October 1918; died 28 July 1920. 4 iii. Marvin Christopher Bartch, born 13 September 1920; died 28 February 1937. + 5 iv. Kenneth Lee Bartch, born 15 December 1922; died 12 December 1969. Generation No. 2 5. Kenneth Lee4 Bartch (Pearl3 Johnson, James Berton2, Thomas1) was born 15 December 1922, and died 12 December 1969. He married Bonnie Shelton. Children of Kenneth Bartch and Bonnie Shelton are: 6 i. Vicky5 Bartch. She married Gary Keel. 7 ii. Nina Bartch. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 2:30 PM Subject: [TNWARREN] RE: FRANCIS JUSTICE JOHNSON > Gant, > > Thank you for the information. I have done some research on Thomas Johnson & > Mahala Martin, but I have never been able to tie them to my line of Johnson. > If memory serves me correctly (and that is always dangerous) I believe he was > b. KY and was a minister. > > The Thomas Johnson you show (1847-1924) as being the husband of Julia Ann > Denison, I believe to be incorrect. Julia Ann Denison did marry a Thomas > Johnson, but it was Thomas Logan Johnson, b. 20 Nov 1833 in either Warren or > Marion Co. TN. Thomas Logan was the son of William Perry Johnson, b. 1808, > prob. Warren Co. TN. These records are found in the Rev. John J. Watts > records, Vol. 6, Pg. 14 in Missouri. > > Believe me, I know that Johnson is difficult, at best to track. When I try > to search any kind of records, they are everywhere. I would be interested in > your thoughts on this marriage of Thomas & Julia. > > Thank you for responding, I have seen your posts before online. > > Sincerely, Judy in TX > > > ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== > This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. > It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical > Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. > No commercial activities are allowed on this list. > Please see full list rules here: > http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Gant, Thank you for the information. I have done some research on Thomas Johnson & Mahala Martin, but I have never been able to tie them to my line of Johnson. If memory serves me correctly (and that is always dangerous) I believe he was b. KY and was a minister. The Thomas Johnson you show (1847-1924) as being the husband of Julia Ann Denison, I believe to be incorrect. Julia Ann Denison did marry a Thomas Johnson, but it was Thomas Logan Johnson, b. 20 Nov 1833 in either Warren or Marion Co. TN. Thomas Logan was the son of William Perry Johnson, b. 1808, prob. Warren Co. TN. These records are found in the Rev. John J. Watts records, Vol. 6, Pg. 14 in Missouri. Believe me, I know that Johnson is difficult, at best to track. When I try to search any kind of records, they are everywhere. I would be interested in your thoughts on this marriage of Thomas & Julia. Thank you for responding, I have seen your posts before online. Sincerely, Judy in TX

This family may be related to yours because they went to Texas Co., MO where Mahala died. But, I don't have info on Thomas. Hope this helps. Descendants of Mahala Martin 1 Mahala Martin 1820 - 1898 .. +Thomas Johnson ........ 2 Mary Elizabeth Johnson 1844 - 1915 ............ +John Rogers ........ *2nd Husband of Mary Elizabeth Johnson: ............ +Flowers ........ 2 Leathe Johnson 1845 - ............ +William Carr Ward ........ 2 Thomas Johnson 1847 - 1924 ............ +Julia Ann Dennison ........ 2 William L. Johnson 1849 - ........ 2 James Berton Johnson 1853 - 1937 ............ +Amanda Rust 1857 - 1911 ........ 2 Nancy Margaret Johnson 1855 - 1941 ............ +Alfred C. Ross ........ 2 Almeda Johnson 1857 - ............ +Thomas Marion Ross ........ 2 Fanny Johnson ............ +Wilson Coats ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 10:51 PM Subject: [TNWARREN] FRANCIS JUSTICE JOHNSON: 1812-1883 > Seeking contact with anybody who searches the family of Francis Justice > Johnson, b. 1812, prob. Warren Co. TN. He married Nancy Clark in 1835: GA > or TN. Nancy born 1811. Both Francis J. and Nancy are buried in Texas Co. > MO. > > Their children: Esther, b. 1836: Aaron, b. 1838: Elizabeth, b. 1841: > Isaac, b. 1843: Thomas Monroe, b. 1846: Henry, b. 1848 & Sarah Catherine, > b. 1851. Some children born in TN, most in GA (where?) and one in AL. > > Any help appreciated. Will exc. info. > > Thank you, Judy in TX > > > ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== > This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. > It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical > Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. > No commercial activities are allowed on this list. > Please see full list rules here: > http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Seeking information on Hardy JOHNSON who shows on 1830 Warren Co. census. Hardy shows as between 40-50 years of age. There is also in the house a male, age 70-80, a female between 10-15 and another female between 40-50. Would like very much to know something about Hardy Johnson: his siblings, parents, children, etc. Wondering if he connects to my Johnson line who was also in Warren Co. at that time. Have info on my Johnson line & will exc. Judy in TX

Seeking any info on family of Aaron Johnson, b.1814 (prob. Warren Co.) TN. Aaron married Catherine Clark @ 1836-1837 prob. in Warren Co. TN. Catherine Clark was born 1818, TN. Children of Aaron & Catherine: Sarah Johnson, b. 1838: Ruth Jane, b. 1839: Mary Ann, b. 1842: William, b. 1844: and Nancy Elizabeth, b. 1850. Aaron & Catherine, and/or their children migrated to Texas & Phelps Co. MO about 1851. Will exchange info. Judy in TX

We are trying to locate G G Grandma Harriet Aklin Greer Garner. GGGrandfather William P Garner bought land in Izard Ark in 1859 but is still in the McMinnville Warren Co Tn 1860 census. GG Grandma died 17 Oct 1861. We are not sure if she died in Tn or Ark. Does any one have cemetery records for McMinnville area and be able to do a lookup for me? Thank you for help Karen

Seeking contact with anybody who searches the family of Francis Justice Johnson, b. 1812, prob. Warren Co. TN. He married Nancy Clark in 1835: GA or TN. Nancy born 1811. Both Francis J. and Nancy are buried in Texas Co. MO. Their children: Esther, b. 1836: Aaron, b. 1838: Elizabeth, b. 1841: Isaac, b. 1843: Thomas Monroe, b. 1846: Henry, b. 1848 & Sarah Catherine, b. 1851. Some children born in TN, most in GA (where?) and one in AL. Any help appreciated. Will exc. info. Thank you, Judy in TX