I am new to the list and really need some help with my search for my Blankenship family. My search started in White Co. with Rowland and Jennetta Couch Blankenship in 1828 and find many of their descendants moved to DeKalb and Warren Co. I am needing information on CLEMMON SMITH and ELIZABETH MILLER BLANKENSHIP, who was the son on Jerome Bonaparte Washington and Amanda Chisam Blankenship. I found Smith and Lizzie on the 1920 Hamilton Co. census but cannot find and information on when they died or where they are buried. I believe Smith and Lizzie moved back to Warren Co. after 1920. I have found several of their children on the Rootsweb.Com Soc. Sec. Death List and it gave their last address as McMinnville. Also, I need information on one of their sons, MILLER BLANKENSHIP. Miller married UNKNOWN SCOTT who was the daughter of LEVI and NANCY FRANCIS LOCKHART SCOTT of Warren Co. I found her married name in her mother's obit. in Warren Co. but her first name was not given. I would like a marriage date for Miller and Ms. Scott and where they are buried if someone has this information. I checked the 1920 Warren Co. census for Levi and Nancy Scott and there are two daughters that could fit but have no way of knowing which one married Miller. Any help would greatly appreciated. Pattie

In a message dated Fri, 30 Aug 2002 02:45:51 EDT, [email protected] writes: > Maternal lines could potentially be traced through mitochondrial RNA. You > may recall from high school biology that the mitochondria are the > "powerhouse" of cells. They always come from the mother. Someone will start > > doing it at some point in time. This "mDNA" is already being used in genealogical studies. But just not in SURNAME studies. (Sorry for not making things clearer.) Best regards, Jim Brown

Hi Ann, I've just been checking out your apturner gedcom and was thinking the same thing. You have a number of my family listed including FAULKNER, TUNNELL, and BURKHALTER. I can help add some WORTHINGTON's to the mixture if you would like, as well as BARNES. My biggest road block to date is finding out about the WOLF line and just what Nancy's last name was and where she came from. Unfortunately, my lines are, up to this point, all male until you reach my generation and I'm the sole survivor of Dad's kids. Wanda (Worthington) VanderVeen (who is wondering if I could convince my cousin Courtenay to go through the testing :-) > Now if every one with a straight maternal line back to Warren County also had > their mtDNA tested, I might find some candidates for Emaline's mother! > > Ann Turner [email protected] > GENEALOGY-DNA List Administrator > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GENEALOGY-DNA.html > DNA preservation kits: http://www.dnafiler.com

In a message dated 08/29/02 11:46:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Maternal lines could potentially be traced through mitochondrial RNA. You > may recall from high school biology that the mitochondria are the > "powerhouse" of cells. They always come from the mother. Someone will start > doing it at some point in time. It is done in reseach. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) tests are available right now from the same companies which do Y chromosome testing, http://www.oxfordancestors.com, http://www.familytreedna.com, and http://www.ancestry.com/genetics. They haven't been widely used, though, because it's hard to organize a project where the surname changes every generation. I have had my uncle's mtDNA tested. He is in haplogroup U, what Bryan Sykes nicknamed "Ursula" in his fascinating book "The Seven Daughters of Eve." My uncle's maternal line goes back to Emaline (maiden name unknown), who married John Brown and lived in Warren County in 1850. She is the person who inspired my 1850 Warren County census database project at http://www.my-ged.com/apturner. Now if every one with a straight maternal line back to Warren County also had their mtDNA tested, I might find some candidates for Emaline's mother! Ann Turner [email protected] GENEALOGY-DNA List Administrator http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GENEALOGY-DNA.html DNA preservation kits: http://www.dnafiler.com

In a message dated 8/29/2002 12:37:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > > (Note: Women do not carry the Y-chromosome. So the absence of women in "Y" > surname studies is not sexist or discriminatory: It is just a fact of > genetic > life. As the science of DNA advances, it may in the future be possible to > do > useful DNA surname studies with female subjects. But unfortunately, not > yet.) Maternal lines could potentially be traced through mitochondrial RNA. You may recall from high school biology that the mitochondria are the "powerhouse" of cells. They always come from the mother. Someone will start doing it at some point in time. It is done in reseach. Ron

In a message dated 8/29/02 6:58:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > John Jacob Brown 1878-1925; m. Lena Winn Ramsey > Henry Brown 1840-1880; m. Elizabeth Biles > Gilbert Brown 1818-1848; m. Martha ? > John Brown ? -1844; > > John Jacob (my husband's grandfather) was born in Warren Co TN & died in > Memphis (bur in Warren Co) > > Henry, Gilbert, and John all died in Warren Co, but I do not know their > birthplaces. > > >

In a message dated 8/29/02 4:26:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] (Jim Patrick) writes: > > I, too, am in a tizzy over the many Browns in VA, NC, SC, and TN around > 1800. > I believe that there are at least three or four different sources for these > lines: > 1. The classic Scottish immigrants who proliferated in the Va area and came > down through the Cumberland Gap. > > 2. The German Braun families who quickly became Browns. Some of them were > Palatines who were in PA for a long time before moving southward to the > Shenandoah Valley and on down through the Gap to Greene County and spread > out from there. > > 3. Indians and Melungeons who had no European surname, but who assumed the > name of Brown, because of coloring. My own step-grandfather, in Indiana, > was half-Indian, and was known as "Brownie" all of his life. > > Our Brown family, and seeming cousins, were in Greene Co TN from perhaps > 1790 to around 1812 or later, but I don't believe that they were ever in > NC. We suspect that some of them were in Warren Co in the 1820s. They may > have been associated with the Sherrills, Casteels, Spears, and Paynes. One > Brown/Spears marriage took place in White County (an offshoot of Warren Co > TN) in 1825. > > I have never been able to find anyone who can provide ancestry for the > mixed-blood Brown leaders of the Eastern Cherokees who were signers of the > Hiwassee Purchase in 1819. I had always suspected that they were descended > either from Jacob Brown and ruth Gordon, or from Jacob Brown the > Wagon-Maker, but I can't prove it. I believe that the families of these > mixed-blood Brown Indian leaders had migrated down through NC and SC before > moving into middle TN, and I believe that their heritage had been Scottish. > This project of yours could certainly prove that differentiation in lines. > Hi Jim and others! I think you've written a very good summary of some big problems faced by virtually all us interested in the Brown families of western NC and points south and west. One small quibble, however, about the Indians and Melungeons: I don't think they necessarily should be lumped together in terms of explaining why they took the Brown surname. I don't know much about either, but I know a bit more about the Indians than the Melungeons. It is my impression that Scottish and English traders lived among tribes like the Cherokee and the Catawba as early as the mid-1600s, and that they often took wives from such tribes. Hence, the fact that the Brown surname was very important among the Cherokee -- and was probably the most common European surname among the Catawba -- can apparently be explained simply by legitimate descent thru the male lines. Therefore, DNA studies almost surely can be of value in throwing light on various surname issues among the tribes. (You may be 100% correct, however, about why Melungeons would adopt the Brown surname. I'm sure we'll hear from experts on this issue!) > Now -- the questions -- > > What sort of information is available to the donor of DNA? The project in which I am participating uses a 12-marker DNA test. When two individuals show a perfect match with this test, the geneticists and statisticians say it indicates a 90% probability of a common male ancestor within the 48 past generations and a 50% probability of a common male ancestor within 14.5 generations. Participants also have the option of "upgrading" to a 25 marker test, which decreases the 50% confidence interval to the past 8.3 generations. Not a lot to go on, if taken in isolation! But the results can be very powerful if combined prudently with other genealogical methodologies. > I realize that he will be told if he's descended from the same source as > your line. But what about another line? Yes, the company doing the work will notify participants about all matches in their data base, whether on not within the participants' own self-identified lines. > > Does he receive a DNA profile that can be submitted to another matching > group? > Yes. For example, another researcher -- who is a true expert in the field and who is helping me -- has already taken my profile and "plugged into" a large European data base. It turns out that my profile is quite rare. The only match among 11,000 individuals in this data base turns out to be a man living in Sweden. So it's possible that my Brown line descends from Vikings or other Scandinavians who invaded the British Isles in the middle ages! (It's also possible, of course, that he's simply a Scotsman who married a Swedish girl and settled in Stockholm -- not a very interesting scenario!) > Do you know how many different labs are doing this sort of work? No, I don't. But the Brown-surname project I joined has established a good relationship with FTDNA, Inc., whereby we get a very substantial discount by participating as a group. > > Will we be advised of the lines of subsequent donors. Will we be advised > of the lines of current donors? > Yes, to both questions. Participants in the Brown study have already received information about matches with men who do not have the Brown surname -- case that obviously can arise because of adoptions or illegitimacy. > > What sort of data are we required to submit? The Brown surname project requires only a basic list of male-to-male ancestors, back to the earliest provable individual, along with whatever basic geographic info is known. Complete GEDCOMs or the like are not necessary. > I don't qualify for this project (no direct male descent), nor do my friends > and family, but I may be eager to pitch this project to a distant cousin, > who might qualify. I may take up a collection to get this guy tested, to > provide information to all the rest of us. > Would be great to have his participation. And I hope you can find (or start!) a Patrick project! Best regards, Jim Brown PS: You can find basic info on DNA testing for genealogy at: http://www.familytreedna.com/faq.html

If you are interested either in DNA genealogy or in Brown family research for the southern states of the USA, please read on! My cousins and I are seeking Brown-surnamed males whose Brown ancestors lived in early Warren Co TN or St Clair Co AL, or whose Brown ancestors may have had a link to any St Clair or Warren County Browns -- for example, many Brown families from western NC and the SC upcountry. The latter category includes especially the descendants of William Brown, the Rev War vet from Augusta Co VA and the Waxhaws region of SC-NC, whose sons Robert and Thomas Brown migrated to Warren Co TN ca. 1808. Ditto for Browns with St Clair Co AL roots or possible connections. There were a number of Brown males there in the 1820s, men whose possible relations to my GGGgrandfather David Brown we would like very much to clarify. Among these "mystery men" in early St Clair Co about whom we'd like to know a lot more: Guion Brown, Alexander Brown, William Brown, two other David Browns, John Brown (a Cherokee leader?) -- and maybe others. I am a descendant of the Creek War veteran, David Brown, who lived in Warren Co TN from about 1808 until sometime between 1814 and 1819, and who then lived in St Clair Co AL until his death in 1868. I am also a participant in a DNA-based genealogical research effort that uses Y-chromosome genetic markers in an attempt to delineate relations between and among various Brown family lines. As some readers already know, the Y-chromosome is passed virtually unchanged from father to son, and it changes only very slowly over the course of hundreds of years. So yDNA is practically "made to order" for surname studies. (Note: Women do not carry the Y-chromosome. So the absence of women in "Y" surname studies is not sexist or discriminatory: It is just a fact of genetic life. As the science of DNA advances, it may in the future be possible to do useful DNA surname studies with female subjects. But unfortunately, not yet.) I recently got the exciting news that I have an exact DNA match with Victor "Vic" Brown of Denison TX. Vic's earliest known Brown ancestor was Alexander Brown, who lived near my ancestor David Brown in Warren Co TN in the early 1800s. Vic and I did not previously think our Brown lines were related, given the total absence of documentary evidence or other reliable proof. But now we think Vic's Alexander and my David Brown were close cousins or even brothers. So I am now firmly convinced of the impressive power of DNA in genealogical research! Vic thinks Alexander Brown is probably a descendant of Rev War vet William Brown of Augusta Co VA and Waxhaws SC-NC, but proof again is lacking. And if his Alexander is related to William, Robert, and Thomas Brown, then my David is also related. To help establish -- or, equally important, to disprove -- such a relationship, we fervently hope to find more Brown-surnamed males willing to submit DNA samples. The DNA samples Vic and I submitted involve an entirely painless and non-obtrusive series of gentle swabs inside the cheek, and the costs are modest ($99.00 per sample sent to the lab). The company that conducts the tests, Family Tree DNA, Inc., is fully ethical and is highly respected in its scientific field. If any readers of this message are Brown-surnamed males interested in knowing more details, or if you have a close male relative surnamed "Brown" who might be willing to submit a DNA sample, please Email me directly at <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A>. Moreover, if you know anyone else who might be interested, we would appreciate your spreading the word by forwarding this message to them. Jim Brown <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> Arlington VA

Carol, Do you know if your Alexander is any Relation to a Hampton N. Walker born May 30, 1811, Living in Warren County as of the 1850 Census, later in Wilson Country per the 1860 Census? I believe Hampton's Father is an Alexander Walker born November 26, 1775 <unsourced>. Hampton is the Father of my GGGreat Grandmother Pauline Walker who married Andrew Jackson Tucker. Any help would be appreciated. Chuck Tucker Stuttgart Germany 1. Hampton N. Walker (Alexander) was born May 30, 1811. He married Mary Hicks Abt. 1834, daughter of Henry Hicks and Rhoda Rentfro. She was born Abt. 1814 in , , Tn. Children of Hampton Walker and Mary Hicks are: 2 i. John Walker, born Abt. 1837. 3 ii. Meshack Walker, born Abt. 1847. 4 iii. Nancy Walker, born Abt. 1845. 5 iv. Samuel Walker, born Abt. 1842. He married Sarah Hatton Glenn February 08, 1880; born March 14, 1861. 6 v. Stephen Walker, born Abt. 1834. He married Nancy Jane Bowles April 23, 1857 in Schuyler Co MO; born Abt. 1835. 7 vi. Pauline Walker, born April 09, 1838 in Georgia; died July 14, 1899 in Christian County, MO. She married (1) Andrew Jackson Tucker in Schuyler County, MO?; born September 13, 1823 in Calloway County, Kentucky???; died July 31, 1913 in Christian County, MO. 8 vii. William Walker, born Abt. 1843; died in Tn. 9 viii. Henry Walker, born Abt. 1853; died November 13, 1927 in Tulsa OK. He married (1) Mary Gillispie November 1874 in Queen City, MO; born Abt. 1856 in Queen City, MO; died December 19, 1891 in Queen City, MO. He married (2) Elmira Louise Hartford March 02, 1892 in Lancaster MO; born August 09, 1863 in Terre Haute IL; died October 11, 1922 in Nampa ID. 10 ix. Lucy Walker, born Abt. 1856. 11 x. Lucille May Walker, born June 05, 1854; died November 30, 1945 in Randolph Co., MO. She married John G. Gillispie March 01, 1873 in Schuyler Co. MO; born March 01, 1849 in Schuyler Co. MO. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TNWARREN] Re: TNWARREN-D Digest V02 #62 Sorry, I just found out that Alexander L. Walker was born on Oct. 10, not in Nov. Its on his pension from the Civil War. However, I still need to locate a death record. Thanks everyone for any help. ==== 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

Sorry, I just found out that Alexander L. Walker was born on Oct. 10, not in Nov. Its on his pension from the Civil War. However, I still need to locate a death record. Thanks everyone for any help.

Thankyou for all the information everyone! Was quite a welcome to the list. I was able to get the 1920 census up, and the marriage in Cass Co. Indiana. And thankyou for the cemetery info! If anyone is interested in Sanders/Cottle descendents, (Ive jsut started this line) Im more than happy to share the info, atleast when I obtain more of it. I dont want anyone to think Im one of those "grab the info" and run people, but I am leaving at midnight for a school thru the Army so I wont be around for a few weeks, but, I look forward to working with everyone when I get back. ~Susan

Im new to the list, and NEW to researching in TN. Does anyone have access to a tombstone transcription or can do look up at Grange Hill Cemetery in McMinnville, or even a contact address/number to the cemetery. Im looking for any information on Eugene"Gene" SANDERS b. abt 1860 d. unknown m. Sarah B COTTLE (Coddle) no dates on her either. Both are buried in Grange Hill. Im told they had 10 children, but have only found 3: Walter P. b. 1882 Raymond A b. 1887 Bill b. unknown ~Susan Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

I need a birth record & a death record of Alexander L. Walker. Born Nov. 26, 1833 in Warren Co., TN. Died on March 1, 1901 in Dekalb County, TN. This is before Vital Records. Where to start? Any help is appreciated. If there was a will, he was married to Zelpha Holcomb Walker at the time of his death. Thank you. Carol

Would like to contact anyone who is researching the family of John W. Holt and his wife Sarah. I believe that Sarah is the daughter of David Pitman and Mary Adcock. J. W. Holt married Sarah Pitman Jan 11th 1894 in Dekalb Co. TN. They are listed in the 1920 Census in the 5th Civil Dist of Dekalb Co. TN. John W. Holt(46) Sarah L. (42) Sons: Haskell(24), James(15), Clarence(12), John(7) & Columbus(3 8/12). Daughter: Hallie?(18) Believe that James D. Holt and Clarence C. Holt, Sons of John W. & Sarah may have lived in the McMinnville Area and may possibly still have family there. Thanks to anyone who can point me in the right direction. --Marie Beckman

Charles Grissom, b. abt. 1770 married to Margaret (?), b. abt. 1776. Known sons: William b. March 07, 1797 m. Eavy Rhodes; Robert Thomas b. 1802 m. Sarah Bouldin and Elizabeth Martin; and Alexander b. August 08, 1816 m. Rutha Shockley. I descend from all three of these sons. If this sounds familiar to anyone, would love to hear from you to compare and share information. Thank you.

Hi all, I am looking for a Waller family who may have lived in Smith, DeKalb, or Warren Co. An Albert J. Waller married Lou Ann Durham. Lou Ann was born in Smith Co., but moved to DeKalb Co. before 1880. Hope someone can help with this family. Mary Ross

I noticed an Abner BRYANT in the 1830 census of Warren Co., TN. Did any of the older generations of this BRYANT family migrate to Jackson or Union Co., Illinois? There is an Abner BRYANT b. 1765 VA listed in the 1850 census of Jackson Co., IL. He is a near neighbor to the family of John T. ELLIS whose mother Celia (BRYANT) ELLIS is living with him. Celia BRYANT was the wife of Jonathan ELLIS who was in Warren Co., TN from at least 1805 until 1820. It just seems likely that the family of Abner BRYANT could be related to Celia (BRYANT) ELLIS since they lived so close. Others in the 1850 household of the Illinois Abner BRYANT were Hubord/Hubbard b. 1793, Jacob b. 1827, and Louisa b. 1835. There is a Harvey BRYANT b. 1824 listed in the Jackson Co., IL mortality schedule for 1850. There was also a Caleb BRYANT who married in Union Co., Illinois in 1824. Are any of these given names used in the Warren Co., TN BRYANT line? Sherry

I am searching for Hugh Bailey Shaw and wife Catherine (Thorn). I need their county, state, birth dates Is the 1820 Federal Census listing of Hugh Shaw the same person? This census shows Warren TN. Anyone with a later Census please see if Hugh Shaw of Warren TN is still in Warren. ------ The person I am attempting to locate is: Hugh Bailey Shaw brought his family with him when they migrated to Texas to the Wavell Red River Colony in 1823. He was listed as 56 yoa. Catherine was 53 with three children Mary Ann "Polly" age 14, and brother William Shaw Jr. 12, sister Elizabeth 8. I sure would appreciate any information you can give me. Mary Glenn

Susan: I may be in touch with you later. I suspect there is a Sanders in my research group, but haven't found a connection yet for sure. I am thinking that John C. Holcomb of Warren County, TN. married a Sanders daughter. Her name may be Sara. I believe the family were neighbors to the Jeptha R. Holcomb family, near the border of Warren & Dekalb Counties. If you come across anything, please contact me? I have just gotten John's military record but no pension to identify the wife. The names of wives are sometimes hard to come by, & she is one that needs to be found. Also could not find a marriage record. Maybe they were married in Ind. for some reason? I feel there may be a tie here. Carol

Dear Wanda, While not a Barnes researcher per se, several of my direct lines and Barnes lines intermarried. This is the information that I have compiled from several different Barnes cousins. Generation 1 John Barn b. 1661 in Surrey, England + Katherene O'Stoner. They had two children known to me to be William Barn and Thomas Barn b. 1695 in Surrey, England. I have no further information on Thomas. Generation 2 Thomas Barn, above William Barn b. ca 1695 in Surrey, England + Dorothy Hansard. I list 4 children for them: Leonard b. 1709; Thomas b. 1711; Richard b. 1719 and John Barnes, Sr., who changed his name to Barnes b. 1712 in Essex, England. Generation 3 John Barnes, Sr. b. 1712 in Essex, England who married 1737 in Plymouth, Massachusetts to Mary Plummer. They had 5 children known to me. Lydia b. 1750, John Barnes, Jr. b. 1751, Thomas Barnes b. 1756 in Lincoln, NC [more later], Hanner Barnes b. 1757, and Mary b. 1760. Generation 4 Thomas Barnes b. 1756 in Lincoln, NC who married Margaret St. Jermyn. They had one child known to me who is William B. Barnes. ================ Generation 5 William B. Barnes b. 1780 in Edgecomb, NC, d. 1819 in Warren Co., TN. These are my notes for William: William B. Barnes born 1790 and died 1819 at Irving College in Warren County from burns in a powder mill explosion. He was one of the first to be buried at Shellsford Baptist Church (unmarked grave). He was married to Charity Philips. Children: Thomas, Mary, Sara, Charles, William, Jesse, Millery, and Eliza. More on William: From the William and Mary Quarterly (possible parents for William): June 28, 1785. --- Wm. Barnes & Mary, his wife, of Parish of Blissland, New Kent, to Wm. Place, of St. Paul's, Hanover, on Black Creek, Littleberry Wade's, & Turner Slaughter. Settler: 3 Aug 1812, Collins River Valley, Warren, TN Probably buried at the Shellsford Baptist Church. * The cemetery is located in Warren Co., TN SE of McMinnville in the Shellsford community on State Road 127. =============== Gen. 5 continued: William B. Barnes married Charity Phillips b. 24 Aug 1783 in Georgia and died 8 May 1871 in Warren Co., TN. She is probably buried in an unmarked grave in Shellsford Cemetery with her husband. These are my notes for Charity Phillips: BARNES, PHILLIPS posted by Sandi McDonnell on Sunday, May 30, 1999 Charity PHILLIPS was born 24 August 1783 in Georgia. She married William B. BARNES in Warren Co., KY 7 Jul 1800. By 1806, they were in Warren Co., TN along with William and Sarah PHILLIPS, Charity's aunt and uncle. (William and Sara's daughters were Elizabeth, Charity and Millery) This Phillips family is related to Joel and Elizabeth Phillips of Wilkes Co., GA, and traces its roots back to the Phillips family of Richmond Co., VA. I am searching for Charity (b. 1787 d. 1871) Phillips's parents. ================ Charity Phillips and William B. Barnes had 8 children known to me: Generation 6 1. Thomas Barnes (1800-1881) + Hannah Martin (1803-1889), d/o James Martin b. 1774 in North Carolina and d. in Kentucky and Ellender Yokum b. 1778 in Kentucky. I have more information on this Martin and Yokum line should you be interested. 2. Mary "Polly" Barnes (1805-1866) + Samuel Worthington. You probably have much more info here that will undoubtedly be more accurate than mine. 3. Sarah "Sack" Barnes (ca 1807 TN/1860 Arkansas) + John Barnes with 8 children. 4. Charles Barnes (1809-1864) + Susannah Smith (1812-1896) d/o Isaac Smith and Brittania Savage. This couple is the parents of the Lt. Isaac Barnes who married Susannah Elinor Hill d/o Irving/Ervin Hill and Eleanor Morgan that you mentioned in you e-mail. I list 13 children for Lt. Isaac Barnes and Susannah Elinor Hill. 5. William P. Barnes (1812-1882) + Margaret Hill, possibly related to Susannah above. 6. Jesse Barnes (1813-1887) + 1) Selinda Fields, 2) STB White, 3) Bessie Campbell, and 4) STB Burger. 7. Mildred "Millery" Barnes (1816-1863) + Henderson Safley 8. Elizabeth "Eliza" Barnes (1819-1889) + Thomas S. Myers. Again, this information has been shared with me by several Barnes cousins and is not my original research. It might, however, be a good starting point for further research. Sincerely, Sue Tiffany ========== You wrote: In a message dated 07/27/2002 2:03:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Hi All, > > In digging around this evening (no pun intended) I found an Isaac Barnes > buried in the Barnes Cemetery at Irving College. He was listed as a member > of the 2nd D Co 35th Tenn. Infantry. > > In my files I have an Isaac Barnes who is the son of Charles Barnes (b. 1 > Apr 1809) and Susannah Smith. This Charles sister was the brother of my GG > Grandmother, Mary (Polly) Barnes m. Samuel Worthington. I understand that > Charles and Mary's father William was killed in a powder mill explosion at > Irving College in 1819 and it really does seem like too much of a > coincidence. > > By chance, can someone tell me if these are the same person? > > Wanda (Worthington) VanderVeen >