I am trying to find a Doctor Hodge of New Market (Jefferson Co.) that possibly married Elizabeth Mount. Would he happen to be in your family? Would have been after 1850. Carolyn

I have finally received my great great grandparents information. This information was per my Great Grandfathers ss-5 form from social security. John Wesley Bowman is my great great grandfather any further information would be appreciate about him thank you for your time. Sam Bowman John Wesley Bowman (married to) Amanda L. Kazarah from Caldwell County N.C Their son was John Edgar Bowman born July 2nd, 1898 he married Emma Correet they lived in Johnson City, TN and they had a son named Sam Frank Bowman born 7/3/1917 Carter TN. He later married Dellie Carpenter and they lived in Johnson City TN. Their sons name was Raymond Franklin Bowman born 4/7/1934 later married Dorothy Mckennie and they migrated to California.

From: Greater Johnson City: A Pictorial History by Ray Stahl, c 1983, p.122: The Colonial Hotel was built in 1908 on the site formerly occupied by the market Street Methodist Church. Some of the walls of the church became a part of the hotel. This sixty-room hotel stood until 1966 when the Munsey Memorial Methodist Church bought it and razed it to use the gorunds as a parking lot. Currently we are researching the older hotels and inns in Washington County and will add this information to the Washington County, TNGenWeb Page when completed. -- Betty Jane Hylton Co-coordinator, Washington County, TN TNGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Editor, Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin ---------- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [TNWASHIN] Colonial Hotel >Date: Thu, May 4, 2000, 10:39 AM > > Does anyone have information on the Colonial Hotel in Johnson City, TN? > > Thanks, > Donna Williams > >

Thank you very much! Do you know what the cross streets are or if it is still standing? It's fun to know what place actually looked like. John W. Wall [email protected] eFax (603) 687-0482 home page: http://www.johnwall.com genealogy page: http://www.johnwall.com/family/tree.htm -----Original Message----- From: Pat Sabin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 6:19 AM Subject: [TNWASHIN] Arlington Hotel >Betty Jane Hylton (who is to blame for my own addiction to vintage >postcards) just sent this image of the Arlington Hotel to share. I'll >let Betty Jane correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears to be around >1905-1915? > >John, unless Mary Jane has an objection, you should be able to print >this directly from the webpage, and it will print with a white >background. >http://patsabin.com/arlington.htm > >Pat S >

Is anyone on the list researching the Wheelock families of Wash. Co.? Am looking for James Mark Wheelock born circa 1816 who married Martha S. Cox b. 1826. They were married Sept. 29, 1846. On the 1860 Census, I find: James M. Wheelock widow Elizabeth 11 Sarah F. 5 Martha C. 4 Paten B. Wheelock 37 Emaline 30 What happened to Martha S. Wheelock? Any help will be appreciated. Lynn

Betty Jane Hylton (who is to blame for my own addiction to vintage postcards) just sent this image of the Arlington Hotel to share. I'll let Betty Jane correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears to be around 1905-1915? John, unless Mary Jane has an objection, you should be able to print this directly from the webpage, and it will print with a white background. http://patsabin.com/arlington.htm Pat S

Does anyone have information on the Colonial Hotel in Johnson City, TN? Thanks, Donna Williams

Ya'll just be sure to share with the group if/when you find anything!!! Pat S "P.J." wrote: > > John, > > I just wanted to keep in touch with you. I was unable to get down to see > about the Arlington Hotel today---just had too many errands to run that took > much longer than I anticipated. I will be in the area this week-end and > will try to get that info for you then. Sorry I couldn't do it sooner, but > I haven't forgotten my promise to you. > > PJ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John W. Wall <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 12:07 PM > Subject: Re: [TNWASHIN] Arlington Hotel in 1905 > > > Thank you very much !!!!!!!!!!! > > > > John W. Wall > > [email protected] > > eFax (603) 687-0482 > > home page: http://www.johnwall.com > > genealogy page: http://www.johnwall.com/family/tree.htm > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "P.J." <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Date: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 9:33 PM > > Subject: Re: [TNWASHIN] Arlington Hotel in 1905 > > > > > > >John, > > > > > >I live in the area. Let me see what I can find out for you and get back > to > > >you tomorrow evening. > > > > > >PJ > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: John W. Wall <[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 11:57 PM > > >Subject: [TNWASHIN] Arlington Hotel in 1905 > > > > > > > > >> Does anyone have any information on The Arlington Hotel that was > located > > >in > > >> Johnson City in 1905? > > >> > > >> I have copies several handwritten letters from my great grandfather's > > >sister > > >> written on Arlington Hotel stationary in early 1900s. She worked there > > >for > > >> a few years. I would like to find any old photographs of the Hotel or > > >even > > >> find out if it still exists today (perhaps under a different name) > > >> . > > >> John W. Wall > > >> [email protected] > > >> eFax (603) 687-0482 > > >> home page: http://www.johnwall.com > > >> genealogy page: http://www.johnwall.com/family/tree.htm > > >> > > >> > > > > >

Warning! This is an intermediate draft of "Mr. Sam" A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF SAMUEL POWEL MILLER WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES ON THE POWELS, GALBRAITHS, ARMSTRONGS, RUTLEDGES AND CARMACKS, about the first 88 pages of a projected 200 page MS. Numerous stylistic changes have since been made. As for substance, William Young and his wife Carolyn Walker have been tentatively corrected to Robert Young and his wife Jenny; notice has been added of the difference in the date of Stony Point as written into a second copy -that of Annie Hoffman- of Capt. Will Armstrong's history of the family; and that the fact that Arthur Galbraith took up a Pennsylvania grant on Shaver Creek in 1766, from Annie Hoffman's copy of the Galbraith history. Time forbids me to include here the bibliography. Lewis Preston Summers, HISTORY and his ANNALS have been frequently requisitioned. It is surprising how quickly family history can become twisted, how easy it is even for one person in his own lifetime to modulate his story. Dear Reader: I have made conjectures in these pages. I have duly noted that they are conjectures, not facts. Please do not next year refer to any of my conjectures as fact. DeWolfe Miller June '89 The Germans came later, speaking roughly again, down from Pennsylvania. Peter wasn't in the vanguard. As we shall see later, he had forerunners. And of all possible names, who should have been there before him but -- a family of Pitzers! Was that a surprise? The rarity of the name at that time, even in Pennsylvania and Germany, immediately suggests some questions. Was this Sibyl's family? Had they in four years come to like the country so well they encouraged Sibyl to fetch Peter and the children? The late H.L. Cushing has researched the Botetourt Pitzers from the Palatinate to the present, and his cousin, George Lewis Pitzer, a Presbyterian of Botetourt and Roanoke, who has maintained his work, has generously made it available to me. He is six generations down from John Pitzer, Sr. "Mr. Sam" was four generations from Sibyl Pitzer. "Cush," as he is familiarly known, found nothing that makes it possible to connect the two families, but we report what he learned about John Pitzer, hoping a connection might ultimately be made -- and for the side window he opened on the name. American humorist, Sut Lovingood among them, have had fun with the inability of immigrant Germans to distinguish between the sounds of "b" and "p" as they appear in certain English words. I should have taken the hint, but I had to be bludgeoned by a 1769 will in Frederick County, Virginia, before realizing that Pitzer could be Bitzer. John Pitzer, "Cush" found, was son of Ulrick Bitzer, who in 1766 received a grant of 380 acres "on the west side of the North River of the Shanando." this is on the west side of the present U. S. Highway 11 between Mt. Jackson and Edinburg. In a 1778 deed he is called Woolery Pitzer, he having in the meantime referred to himself six times in his will as Owllery Bitzer. The father willed the grant of 380 acres to John his son or John Pitzer -- depending on the line one is reading. The wife was Mary Bitzer, his other two children Christian Pitzer and Anna Mary Pitzer. Needless to say, Owllery could not sign his name. Here we have before our eyes a name that changes from Bitzer to Pitzer, with the inconsistency unnoted by three witnesses and the principal. John Pitzer and all his descendents have maintained the Pitzer spelling. "Cush" found no trace of U[h] lrick (Owllery) Bitzer before the 1766 grant. He noted an Uhllerich Bitsserker signing the oath in 1750, Ludwig and Johannes Bitzer signing together in 1750, Michael and Matheis Bitzer together in 1752. Chronology and circumstances rules them out, leaving Ulrick Pitcha, 1727, as a doubtful candidate to mutate into Owllery Bitzer. One of the four Bitzers arriving in 1750-52 could with a name mutation have provided Peter Miller with a Pitzer bride after he arrived in America. This should temper, but slightly, our assumptions about the identity of Peter Miller who signed the oath in 1766. It is curiosly noted that John Pitzer built his home on a downstream corner of James River and Sinking Creek; that Peter Miller and Sibyl Pitzer built in a downstream corner of the Holston River and another Sinking Creek. Jim Ward [email protected]

John, I just wanted to keep in touch with you. I was unable to get down to see about the Arlington Hotel today---just had too many errands to run that took much longer than I anticipated. I will be in the area this week-end and will try to get that info for you then. Sorry I couldn't do it sooner, but I haven't forgotten my promise to you. PJ ----- Original Message ----- From: John W. Wall <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [TNWASHIN] Arlington Hotel in 1905 > Thank you very much !!!!!!!!!!! > > John W. Wall > [email protected] > eFax (603) 687-0482 > home page: http://www.johnwall.com > genealogy page: http://www.johnwall.com/family/tree.htm > > -----Original Message----- > From: "P.J." <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 9:33 PM > Subject: Re: [TNWASHIN] Arlington Hotel in 1905 > > > >John, > > > >I live in the area. Let me see what I can find out for you and get back to > >you tomorrow evening. > > > >PJ > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: John W. Wall <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 11:57 PM > >Subject: [TNWASHIN] Arlington Hotel in 1905 > > > > > >> Does anyone have any information on The Arlington Hotel that was located > >in > >> Johnson City in 1905? > >> > >> I have copies several handwritten letters from my great grandfather's > >sister > >> written on Arlington Hotel stationary in early 1900s. She worked there > >for > >> a few years. I would like to find any old photographs of the Hotel or > >even > >> find out if it still exists today (perhaps under a different name) > >> . > >> John W. Wall > >> [email protected] > >> eFax (603) 687-0482 > >> home page: http://www.johnwall.com > >> genealogy page: http://www.johnwall.com/family/tree.htm > >> > >> > > >

Family History Days will be celebrated on the lawn of the Wise Co., VA courthouse on Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20 beginning at 9:00 a.m. both days. Tents will be on site with genealogists on the families of Keith, Mullins, Baker, Swindall, Short, Coker, Vanover, Phipps, Bumgardner, Stout, Cook, Dotson, Gilliam, Bolling, Stallard, Flanary, Maggard, Meade, Beverly, Davis, Branham, Hubbard, Hall, Perkey, Perry, Williams and Buchanan, to name a few. The Circuit Court Clerk's Office will be open both days to assist the public and members of local historical societies will be on hand to answer questions and meet people. Hundreds of books will be available on genealogy, history, culture and folklore to purchase. Come celebrate Family History Days with us and get excited about your heritage. Rhonda Robertson, Secretary Wise County Historical Society [email protected]

Thank you very much !!!!!!!!!!! John W. Wall [email protected] eFax (603) 687-0482 home page: http://www.johnwall.com genealogy page: http://www.johnwall.com/family/tree.htm -----Original Message----- From: "P.J." <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [TNWASHIN] Arlington Hotel in 1905 >John, > >I live in the area. Let me see what I can find out for you and get back to >you tomorrow evening. > >PJ >----- Original Message ----- >From: John W. Wall <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 11:57 PM >Subject: [TNWASHIN] Arlington Hotel in 1905 > > >> Does anyone have any information on The Arlington Hotel that was located >in >> Johnson City in 1905? >> >> I have copies several handwritten letters from my great grandfather's >sister >> written on Arlington Hotel stationary in early 1900s. She worked there >for >> a few years. I would like to find any old photographs of the Hotel or >even >> find out if it still exists today (perhaps under a different name) >> . >> John W. Wall >> [email protected] >> eFax (603) 687-0482 >> home page: http://www.johnwall.com >> genealogy page: http://www.johnwall.com/family/tree.htm >> >> >

Wow! Very interesting. What are the time frames this happened in? and if you could send me any data, I would be most grateful. You can e-mail me direct at [email protected] Jim Ward wrote: > In reply to Dorie's request of 4/5; > > In researching the name Pitzer we have seen it change to Bitner aned back > with several variations thereof. > > Jim Ward > [email protected]

John, I live in the area. Let me see what I can find out for you and get back to you tomorrow evening. PJ ----- Original Message ----- From: John W. Wall <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 11:57 PM Subject: [TNWASHIN] Arlington Hotel in 1905 > Does anyone have any information on The Arlington Hotel that was located in > Johnson City in 1905? > > I have copies several handwritten letters from my great grandfather's sister > written on Arlington Hotel stationary in early 1900s. She worked there for > a few years. I would like to find any old photographs of the Hotel or even > find out if it still exists today (perhaps under a different name) > . > John W. Wall > [email protected] > eFax (603) 687-0482 > home page: http://www.johnwall.com > genealogy page: http://www.johnwall.com/family/tree.htm > >

Does anyone have any information on The Arlington Hotel that was located in Johnson City in 1905? I have copies several handwritten letters from my great grandfather's sister written on Arlington Hotel stationary in early 1900s. She worked there for a few years. I would like to find any old photographs of the Hotel or even find out if it still exists today (perhaps under a different name) . John W. Wall [email protected] eFax (603) 687-0482 home page: http://www.johnwall.com genealogy page: http://www.johnwall.com/family/tree.htm

The East Tennessee Historical Society is gearing up for the 2000 Southeastern Genealogy Conference and hopes to see you there. The conference will be held May 26 and May 27 in downtown Knoxville at the Knoxville Hilton, just one block from the East Tennessee History Center. The conference is open to ETHS members and non-members alike and includes a variety of sessions geared to all levels of experience from beginner to advanced. Conference sessions will cover a variety of topics from research in various states associated with Tennessee migration, ethnic genealogy, research in special collections such as the ETHS First Families of Tennessee files, and the Draper Manuscripts. Other topics will discuss the cultural heritage of our ancestors including Scotch-Irish language, life on the frontier, and Tennessee Forty-Niners-- looking at those Tennesseans who ventured west to join the California Gold Rush. Speakers scheduled to present programs include Dr. George K. Schweitzer, Billy Kennedy (author of The Scots-Irish in Tennessee and other books of Scots-Irish history), and Michael Montgomery (one of the foremost experts in Scots-Irish and Appalachian language). Other speakers will include: R.P. Baker * Dorothy Boyd-Rush * Ron Bryant * Kevin Cherry * Steve Cotham (head of the McClung Historical Collection) * Robert S. Davis, Jr. * Walter T. Durham * Pat Spurlock Elder * Cherel Henderson (director of the First Families of Tennessee heritage project) * Shelia Steele Hunt * Doris Martinson (manager of the Knox County Archives* Billie McNamara * Dorothy Potter * Shane Rhyne * Charles A. Sherrill (Tennessee State Library & Archives). For a complete listing of speakers and topics, plus registration information, visit the East Tennessee Historical Society web pages at www.east-tennessee-history.org Follow the links for the Tennessee Family History Weekend to learn more about the Southeastern Genealogy Conference and other activities associated with the weekend including a history fair, barbecue picnic, and motorcoach tours. We look forward to seeing you May 26-28 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Family History Weekend is presented by the East Tennessee Historical Society with sponsorship assistance from the Central Business Improvement District (CBID) of Knoxville, WBIR-TV, and grant assistance from the Knox County government.

Hoping someone will recognize these: I am researching my HARDIN line. It is my maiden name, I am the last one (only female HARDIN) and I do not know where it originated. My gg-pateranl grandmother, Elizabeth Hardin b. 1883, somewhere in TN? , met a man by the name of Louis Bryant, and together they had a baby girl, who was born prematurely and died in March of 1915. Lizzie's mother, Susan Waycaster (Hardin?) Oxendine b. 1865, is the daughter of Elijah Waycaster. I understand that many of Carter County, TN settlers came from the Yancey area and was hoping that you could direct me as to where to look for birth, death and so forth information on this family... The 1910 Carter Cty. and the 1920 Carter Cty., censuses list Elizabeth as living with James Oxendine, her stepfather, and Susan Oxendine, her mother. The list also incudes both of Lizzie's children, William Robie Hardin 1902 and Sarah Jane Hardin 1906?. The 1910 census lists Lizzie as being born in TN, her father born in TN, and her mother born in NC. As if this isn't confusing enough....the death records for Carter County on this baby that was lost list Louis Bryant (NC) as father and Elizabeth Hardin (NC) as reported by James Oxendine. Is the assumption that Lizzie was living with James in Hampton, Carter Cty., TN in 1910 and then perhaps moved to NC with this Bryant, and then moved back prior to the 1920 census correct? I do know that Bryant is part of Lizzie's name as the obituary for my ggrandfather William Robie Hardin (Robie) states his mother as "Lizzie Bryant Hardin". Any insight? Thank you very much for your help and guidance! Kim Hardin Coombs

Helen, My gggg grandfather was Joseph Hartman. He appeared with his wife Mary Henley and family in Washington Co. probably in the early 1790s., definitely by 1800. One of his daughters was a Mary, born 1777, who married a Jonathan Tucker on 6 March 1800 in her father's house. They were married by Rev. Isaac Hare. This information comes from a statement made by Mary herself in 1852 when, as a widow, she applied for bounty land under the Act of 28th September 1850 for the military services of her husband Jonathan Tucker in the War of 1812. Jonathan enlisted in Washington Co. on 12 October 1813 and was discharged Feb 1814 in Jonesborough. Hope this helps. Ava ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 10:24 AM Subject: [TNWASHIN] Tuckers > I am looking for any info on William or Joseph Tucker who came to > Washington Co. 1774 to > 1776 and settled in Wautauga Settlement. May have been Quakers. Or any > Tuckers before 1800 in this area.Helen > >

The Eastern Star Road exit would indicate that it is on I-181 between Kingsport and Johnson City. And very near but south of the I-81 and I-181 interchange. It is just in the edge of Washington County. Gray would be the next town toward Johnson City. Leota ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 3:06 PM Subject: [TNWASHIN] Jobe Cemetery Greetings, Can someone on the list tell me what town the Jobe Cemetery is close to? I have the following directions, but no town given... Located at the "Eastern Star Rd. Exit 1 Mile" on Hwy 137. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Freida Wells NM

Hello, Yes, they were Quakers. I have this. Joseph Tucker a son of Abraham Tucker and Elizabeth lived in Washington co., TN. His wife is Margaret and children 1. John m. Sarah Beals, 15 feb 1816, 2. Patience m. John Murr, 5 Sep 1815, 3. Elizabeth, 4. Abrahma m. Mary Ann Britten, 21 Feb 1822, 5. Reece, 6. James and 7. Joseph.