I have a copy of the original Tennessee Death Certificate for the following person: Name: James H. Byrd Age at Death: 40 Race: White Date of Birth: August 9, 1889 in Tennessee Date of Death: June 16, 1930 at Government Reservation, Washington County, TN. Parents Names: George Byrd and Carrie Stevens If anyone would like a copy of the certificate, please contact me at kaitysmom@peoplestel.net for details: In Christ, Melissa Barker Genealogy Researcher/Family Historian RAOGK Volunteer Have Access to Tennessee Death Certificates for Years 1908-1954 for ALL Counties Have Access to Tennessee Birth Certificates for Years 1908-1912 for ALL Counties Have Access to Tons of Tennessee Books at My Local Library WILL DO LOOK UPS!!
Does anyone have any information on the family of Timothy and Elizabeth Gott Muncey? They were in Sullivan Co. in the 1840 census. Then they were in Washington Co in 1850 and 1860. Timothy died between 1860 and 1870. I would like to have any information on them especially when they were married and when Timothy died and where he is buried. Elizabeth moved to Knoxville with the children after Timothy died.. She was there in the 1870 census. Thank you Mary Smith
This message was forwarded to the list by the administrator. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roland A. Six" <vzeo6zod@verizon.net> To: <TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 3:06 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Johnson City TN between 1880 - 1900 > Good Afternoon, readers: > > > > Great-grandfather Franklin A. SIX, born abt.1864, Wythe County VA; found > on > 1880 census Wythe County as teenager living with father Samuel; and again > in > 1900 census, Wythe County VA again living with father Samuel, now both > listed as widowers. > > > > Family bible passed down, believed to have been purchased by Franklin > circa > 1890, has single entries on "Births" and "Deaths" pages: > > > > Raymond Samuel SIX, Born Oct 17, 1894; and "Ellen Six dide [sic] August > 2, > 1896. > > > > Raymond Samuel Six in his later years stated on Social Security > application > that he was born in Johnson City TN. Most of federal census enumerations > also show TN as birth entry for him. > > > > Very little is known of Franklin, other than federal census enumerations. > Nothing is known of Ellen, who I believe is Franklin's first wife, and > mother to my grandfather Raymond Samuel. > > > > Not much to go on, but it's all I have. Can anyone suggest to me how to > proceed? I have attempted with TN Vital Stats and came up emptyhanded. > > > > Any additional info greatly, greatly appreciated. This is my 20 year stone > wall at the moment, trying to determine who Ellen was; and what Franklin > did > in this timeline, and later. > > > > Thank you all in advance for your time and consideration. > > > > Roland A. SIX > > Manchester New Hampshire > > >
Hi John, Did you try San Jacinto Co, TX? There's a Charles Wheeler Hayes registering for the WWI Draft there (b. 30 Nov 1874). Sincerely, Cheri Mello Torrance, CA, USA On 2/19/06, John Blair <pastor@jblair77.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > > I have a family that seems to fall off the face of the earth. They are > found on the 1860-80 Washington Co. census, but after that I can't trace any > of them anywhere. Anyone have information or researching the > following?? Eli and Margaret were married on Jan 5th,1853 in Washington > Co. Thanks, John > > Descendants of Eli Hayes > > 1 Eli Hayes 1832 - > .. +Margaret Stafford 1837 - > ..... 2 Martha J. Hayes 1855 - > ..... 2 Mary E. Hayes 1857 - > ..... 2 James C. Hayes 1859 - > ..... 2 Buell J. Hayes 1861 - > ..... 2 Elisa Alice Hayes 1865 - > ..... 2 John C. Hayes 1868 - > ..... 2 Wheeler Hayes 1873 - > > > ==== TNWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Visit Washington County TNGenWeb at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/ > Tour Jonesborough TN at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncjones/ > >
I have a family that seems to fall off the face of the earth. They are found on the 1860-80 Washington Co. census, but after that I can't trace any of them anywhere. Anyone have information or researching the following?? Eli and Margaret were married on Jan 5th,1853 in Washington Co. Thanks, John Descendants of Eli Hayes 1 Eli Hayes 1832 - .. +Margaret Stafford 1837 - ..... 2 Martha J. Hayes 1855 - ..... 2 Mary E. Hayes 1857 - ..... 2 James C. Hayes 1859 - ..... 2 Buell J. Hayes 1861 - ..... 2 Elisa Alice Hayes 1865 - ..... 2 John C. Hayes 1868 - ..... 2 Wheeler Hayes 1873 -
Hello! I am looking for pictures of ancestors from a few different families in Washington County, TN. My maternal grandmother's side of the family is mostly from Johnson City. As you go back to the early 1800's and late 1700's they are from Sullivan County and parts of Virginia. I have some good information on some of the more recent generations so I would like to start producing family group sheets on them, but I don't have many pictures. Here's a quick Ahnentafel table of my Washington County ancestors: Great Grandparents 14 James Burson Pickering (7/12/1905 - 9/12/1991) 15 Mary Ada Louise Godsey (8/13/1906 - 6/13/1971) 2nd Great Grandparents 28 Ernest "Oss" Pickering (12/13/1884 - 5/14/1966) 29 Dora M. Landers (8/1886 - 9/5/1910) 30 Samuel Walker Godsey (1/10/1880 - 5/13/1913) 31 Matilda Ada Ellis (8/26/1881 - 2/17/1958) 3rd Great Grandparents 56 James William P. Pickering (2/1858 - Btw 1910 & 1920) 57 Nancy Ann Hilton (12/24/1857 - 1/21/1924) 58 Frank Landers (1857 - Before 1900) 59 Lucrecia ? (April 1860 - After 1900) 60 John William Godsey (11/11/1846 - 4/18/1912) 61 Matilida Jane Collins (11/7/1844 - 2/14/1908) 62 James Marvin Ellis (3/9/1858 - 2/8/1922) 63 Eliza Jane Collins (4/24/1858 - 4/21/1930) 4th Great Grandparents 112 William P. Pickering (12/6/1827 - 9/30/1857) 113 Frances Rhea (1829 - ? ) 114 Unknown Hilton 115 Margaret Fraker (@1832 - after 1860) 116 Edmund Landers (8/1831 - after 1900) 117 Serena ? (@1837 - 6/1880 - 1900) 118 ? 119 ? 120 Jeremiah Godsey (@1799 - after 1880) 121 Lucinda Ledford (@1802 - after 1870) 122 James Henry Collins (@1802 - after 1880) 123 Lucinda ? (@1813 - after 1880) 124 Silas Ellis (1835 - ? ) 125 Sarah Carter (1836 - 3/21/1881) 126 Samuel Collins (1838 - after 1857) 127 Mary Cash ( ? - 10/17/1882) Any help you can provide in obtaining pictures (via e-mail preferably) for any of the folks above would be great. If you have any information regarding the holes in the above information, I would greatly appreciate that as well. Have a great day! Marc Hoenstine hoenstine@earthlink.net
Send an email to the library in Jonesboro and ask if they have a film of the paper on that date and to look for the obit. It would probably be on the frontt page.. Any search engine should turn up the library's web site. Sarah Clevenger Brenbee007@wmconnect.com wrote: >Where would I find an obituary for someone who died in Jonesboro, TN in 1906? >Found this obituary but since he lived in Jonesboro, maybe there was a more >informative obituary in Jonesboro since he was a Dr. >Will someone direct me? >Thanks >Brenda > >Owensboro Messenger, Sat Oct 20, 1906 >Hopkinsville, KY - Oct 19. A telegram was received here this afternoon >announcing the death of Dr Will M Fuqua, formerly of this place, at his home in >Jonesboro, TN. He was seventy years old. > > > >==== TNWASHIN Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe, send request to TNWASHIN-L-request@rootsweb.com >or TNWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com with only the word unsubscribe >in the body of the message. > > > > > >
Where would I find an obituary for someone who died in Jonesboro, TN in 1906? Found this obituary but since he lived in Jonesboro, maybe there was a more informative obituary in Jonesboro since he was a Dr. Will someone direct me? Thanks Brenda Owensboro Messenger, Sat Oct 20, 1906 Hopkinsville, KY - Oct 19. A telegram was received here this afternoon announcing the death of Dr Will M Fuqua, formerly of this place, at his home in Jonesboro, TN. He was seventy years old.
Greetings, Four cemeteries have been posted on the Washington County TNGenWeb site: Prichet/Prichett Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemP.htm#PRICHET This is a very old and well kept cemetery. Wish all the small cemeteries looked like this one. Reasoner Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemRan_Row.htm#REASONER Saylor Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemSa_Se.htm#SAYLOR George Saylor Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemSa_Se.htm#SAYLORGeo Betty Jane Betty Jane Hylton Co-cordinator, Washington Co. TN TNGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Editor, Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwag Cemetery Survey Team of NE TN ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag
Evening, Today a couple of cemetery survey team members were taken to a cemetery on the old John Carson farm. It is approximately 1/2 miles from the intersection of Stagecoach Rd and John Carson Rd, to the left on a hill under a very large oak tree next to the fence. All the markers were removed years ago. There could be as many as 10 graves. We would appreciate any help in identifying who is buried here. Betty Jane Hylton Co-cordinator, Washington Co. TN TNGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Editor, Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwag Cemetery Survey Team of NE TN http://cemeterysurveyteamofnortheasttennessee.com ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag
The following article appeared in the Sunday edition of the Johnson City Press. Betty Seaton Williams asked me to spread the word about their efforts to improve Oak Hill Cemetery. She can be reached at bswcelo@yahoo.com. Betty Jane OAK HILL RECLAMATION - EFFORT UNDER WAY TO RESTORE HISTORIC CITY CEMETERY By James Brooks Press Staff Writer jbrooks@johnsoncitypress.com Two North Carolina women whose roots are in Johnson City have joined with a local brother and sister to bring back the citys Oak Hill Cemetery. Betty Seaton Williams, Burnsville, N.C., her friend, Barbara Thomas, Salisbury, N.C., and Doug Sizemore and his sister, Natalie Sizemore Bailey, both of Johnson City, have sent a mailing to all known members of the Oak Hill Cemetery Association seeking funding for a cleanup of the cemetery and a securing of the site. They recently mailed out a letter that explains the plight of OHC. Many people who assisted with the upkeep of OHC have either passed away or moved without a forwarding address, the letter says. The loss of annual dues has been so considerable that the board of directors was driven to seek support from outside organizations. Peter Naher, the manager of the cemetery for 25 years, is in declining health and unable to continue with maintenance, and the board sold the cemetery to Jack Ragsdale of Greeneville. The desire to see the cemetery cleaned up and preserved goes beyond the fact that is the resting place of family members, but it also includes the graves of Henry Johnson, founder of Johnson City, and Col. LeRoy Reeves, designer of the Tennessee state flag. Cited among the problems is the growth of trees and wild bushes, some of them actually on the graves, stumps from trees that have died or been cut, about 300 tombstones that have been vandalized and a chain link fence in need of repair. An account for the Oak Hill Cemetery Friends and Volunteers was set up at Bank of Tennessee for contributions to the cleanup effort. Once that is accomplished, an annual Decoration Day event is planned to bring relatives and loved ones of the descendents together to share the day. Historically this has also been a day for families to clean and decorate the graves of their loved ones. The committee asks for a voluntary continuance of payment of the $75 annual dues, and any donations to the account that anyone wishes to make. The project is done with the blessing and permission of Ragsdale, the owner of the cemetery, which has approximately 1,500 to 1,600 grave sites still available. Ragsdale made the records of the association available to the committee and they sorted through about 1,000 records, all on 3-inch-by-5-inch index cards. Of these we were down to about 100 people who contributed to upkeep between 2000 and 2004, Thomas said. As contributors dwindled the curator was limited to how much work he could do other than mowing. While modern cemeteries have gone to stones mounted flush with the ground that can be mowed over, older cemeteries such as Oak Hill must be mowed and trimmed around each stone, a never-ending task. Woody growth can intrude in any area left neglected for a year, and within three years such areas get taken over. Were seeking a one-time cleanup, Thomas said, hopefully that will also include repair of the fence to keep vandalism down and repair of those tombstones that have been broken or tipped over. She said theyve gotten quotes from three landscapers, and including removal of trees, vines and shrubs, the project would costs thousands of dollars. Ties to the cemetery run deep. In addition to having grandparents, aunts and uncles buried there, Thomas said she once lived on Lamont Street. It is right in the center of Johnson City and should be a showplace of our history, she said. I hope some of the service clubs can also join in cooperation. Natalie Sizemore Bailey said she has seven or eight family members buried at Oak Hill, including her parents and grandparents. We try to keep our section cleaned, she said, but its a losing battle. When she was a student at Henry Johnson School, their history teacher Gordon Grubbs took the entire class on a field trip to Oak Hill. We walked over there and were required to take notes, she said. She understands the difficulties in maintaining an old cemetery. Youd like to see it all clean and fresh, but we really dont have a good list of dues payers. Many people think that perpetual maintenance comes with the purchase of the lot, and it doesnt. However, if they hope to sell new lots there needs to be maintenance on the entire cemetery, Bailey said. Johnson City Press, Sunday February 5, 2006, p. 1. Oak Hill seems to have had problems for a long time. HISTORY OF OAK HILL CEMETERY 29 May 1908 Twelve years ago Oak Hill Cemetery was a wilderness of weeds and briers, a number of little pens dotted here and there, and a few strands of barbwire marked the outside fence but down at intervals, in fact it was nothing less than a pasture for the town cow, a disgrace to Johnson City. A committee of ladies from each of the churches of the cit met at the home of Mrs. C.K. Lide, talked and planned of how to raise money to fence the cemetery. With an oyster supper, a lecture from Senator R.L. Taylor, another from Hon. A.A. Taylor, sufficient money was raised to put a substantial fence around the cemetery. The good work commenced, the ladies were not prone to lay it down, so what is now known as "The Oak Hill Cemetery Association" was organized Nov. 1896 with Mrs. C.K. Lide as President, holding their meetings once a month in the homes of the different members giving now and then an ice cream and strawberry supper, concert, musical or something of the kind, managing to keep the weeds and briers cut down and a drive way made, but interest began to flag. Our president moved away and our meetings were discontinued until Oct. the 28th 1904. The ladies were called together again in the home of Mrs. C. Faw and the Cemetery Association reorganized with Mrs. W.J. Exum as President. We met with discouragement many times, have been criticized and censured but kept right on until now, the ladies feel real proud of their work. They have engaged J.C. Mumpower as Sexton for another season and he too has had to bear his part of the censure. Did you ever stop to think that the Sexton couldn't mow the whole cemetery in a day, get down and clip the grass from the graves, around the corner stones and such places as could not be reached with the mower and perhaps stop to dig three or four graves in the mean time? By the time he gets over all this ground that part of the cemetery where he commenced to now is needing mowing again, and needing it badly, especially if it has been a rainy time (for grass and weeds will grow in wet weather.) You make a visit to the cemetery and perhaps your loved ones are sleeping in this particular spot, where the mowing commenced, you go away feeling hurt and think he doesn't keep your square mowed, the other part of the cemetery looks nice and clean. You make it convenient to see the president or some officer of the association to tell them your square in not being kept as it should be that you pay your $1.20 per year the same as others and they can just take your name off the books and you will look after your square yourself or hire some one else to do it. We would just ask you to visit the cemetery oftener and perhaps you will happen there just when your square has been mowed and you will go away feeling better and make others feel better. Saturday May the 30th is Decoration day and the sexton is especially anxious to have you come to the cemetery on that day, he expects to do his best to have it in good condition. Give him an encouraging word and he will do you better work. All work better when we feel that our efforts are appreciated. Mrs. J.A. Martin President Mrs. Frank McNees, Vice-Pres. Miss Sallie Faw, Treasurer, Miss Mollie Kitzmiller, Sec. Officers, Oak Hill Cemetery Association, "History of Oak Hill Cemetery." The Johnson City Staff 29 May 1908, Twice-A-Week ed.: ND. Betty Jane Hylton Co-cordinator, Washington Co. TN TNGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Editor, Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwag Cemetery Survey Team of NE TN http://cemeterysurveyteamofnortheasttennessee.com ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag
Does anyone know where John Ferguson (1776-1850) and his wife Jane McLin could be buried in the Leesburg area? I know from my father that it is on private property (used to be the farm where John lived in the 1800's). It was still a farm 15-20 years ago. I am guessing that there are probably no markers. My father thought there used to be a plain marker for John but nothing for Jane. Martha Boyd Visual Information Specialist 404-639-3245 mboyd@cdc.gov
Mr. Lester Jones lives at 1106 Hwy 81N, Jonesborough, TN 37659 Not Hwy. 18N Betty Jane ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag
Afternoon, I've just returned from visiting with Mr. Lester Jones, the caretaker of Fairview Cemetery near Leesburg. He is starting a scrape book of obituaries of persons buried in Fairview Cemetery. He needs help in getting copies of obituaries prior to 2006. If you could send him a photocopy of the ones you have saved up in scrape books, boxes or stuck in a book, it would help him with the project. His address is Lester Jones, 1106 Highway 18N, Jonesborough, TN 37659. Betty Jane P.S. Mr. Jones will be 90 years old in April. He is amazing! Betty Jane Hylton Co-cordinator, Washington Co. TN TNGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Editor, Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwag Cemetery Survey Team of NE TN http://cemeterysurveyteamofnortheasttennessee.com ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag
Margaret has posted some more cemeteries on the Washington County TNGenWeb Page: Barnes http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemBa.htm#BARNES This one is very overgrown. Douglas http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemDe_Du.htm#DOUGLAS Another cemetery that could use some TLC. Gobble http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemGl_Gr.htm#GOBBLE John Maden http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemMa_Mi.htm#MADENJohn Henry A. Martin http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemMa_Mi.htm#MARTINHenryA Betty Jane Betty Jane Hylton Co-cordinator, Washington Co. TN TNGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Editor, Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwag Cemetery Survey Team of NE TN ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag
The Tenn. Society of the Sons of the American Revolution are in the process of forming a new SAR Chapter in Elizabethon, TN to be called the Watauga Chapter. Any man 18 years or over who is a lineal descendant of an ancestor who supported the war for American Independence is eligible for membership. For more information on SAR, visit the NSSAR website at: www.sar.org or contact Bob Hughes, Past Pres., P. O. Box 3008, Jackson, TN 38303-3008 "Opportunities never come to those who wait....they are captured by those who dare to attack".
Good morning, Margaret has upload some updates to five of the cemeteries: Jacob Brown Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemBr_Bu.htm#BROWNJb Barnett Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemBr_Bu.htm#BROWNJb Berry-Haynes Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemBe.htm#BERRYH Martin Ford Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemF.htm#FORDMartin Old Dutch Meeting House http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemO.htm#OLDDUTCH Betty Jane Betty Jane Hylton Co-cordinator, Washington Co. TN TNGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Editor, Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwag Member Cemetery Survey Team of NE TN ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag
Good morning, Margaret has posted some more cemeteries on the Washington County TNGen Web pages: Barnett Cemetery Update http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemBa.htm#BARNETT Gobble Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemGl_Gr.htm#GOBBLE John Maden Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemMa_Mi.htm#MADENJohn Henry A. Martin Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemMa_Mi.htm#MARTIN Betty Jane Betty Jane Hylton Co-cordinator, Washington Co. TN TNGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Editor, Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwag Member Cemetery Survey Team of NE TN http://cemeterysurveyteamofnortheasttennessee.com ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag
The Cemetery Survey Team is searching for the Estes Cemetery located SE of Jonesborough, North of Cherokee Creek in the 8th District. The USGS map gives the following location: Latitude 36.2845502 Longitude -82.4612558 Jonesborough Quad. Thanks Betty Jane Betty Jane Hylton Co-cordinator, Washington Co. TN TNGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Cemetery Survey Team of NE TN http://cemeterysurveyteamofnortheasttennessee.com ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag
Thanks Dixie, I've already searched it, and those records are not available. John Hi ! Washington county has a terrific web site !!! Dixie Lea in K.C...