Hello, I am a retired college English teacher who descends from Washington County families of Sherfey and Isenberg, and maybe others. I am writing a book on the early ministers on the frontiers of Kentucky, Tennessee, and points west. I want to encourage those of you who are connected to or who have an interest in early evangelists to consider sending me your stories. I have created a Yahoo group for this project, and I'll be happy to invite interested contributors to join that site where we can compare notes. Those who write original stories or poems about the early ministers will receive a free copy of the book, if their submission is used in the book. Contact me with your ideas and we can talk. Let me know if you want an invitation to the Yahoo group called LIKE A MIGHTY WIND. Thanks, Ruth Rogers "Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen." (Romans 15:33)

of Washington is still needed to locate places, like cemetaries , churches and try to locate where people were located when we find them. Any good maps of Washington Co out there? 1830's 1850's 1900's etc. thanks bill hinkle in Oklahoma

Evening, Margaret has uploaded some more cemetery information: NEW Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemMtZionBapt1.htm This one is divided into three sections. UPDATES John Booth Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemBo.htm#BOOTH Jesse Slagle Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemSh_Sl.htm#SLAGLEJess Also Vincent United Methodist Church has been renamed Mayberry Community United Methodist Church in August 2005. Margaret and Betty Jane Betty Jane Hylton Editor, Bulletin for Watauga Association of Genealogists http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnWAG Co-cordinator, Washington County, TN TNGeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Member, Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee http://cemeterysurveyteamofnortheasttennessee.com ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag

Hello list. My surnames are Moore, Gay, Williams, Parker, Abner, Russell, Roberts, Bowling/Bolling, Baker. Frost Eversole, Coronett and allied families. I am searching in Tennessee for Margaret Russell married Henry Gay. Robert Frost m Sarah Roberts and any of the surnames above..Nancy Frost Moulton

The Watauga Association of Genealogists will meet at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept 6 at the Johnson City Public Library, 101 Millard St. The guest speaker for this meeting will be Robert Hardin, author of his first book, Overmountain Victory Trail-Then and Now. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from East Tennessee State University and an M.B.A. from Wake Forest University. Mr. Hardin is a member of the Overmountain Victory Trail Association and works as a volunteer for the National Park Service to develop a walkable trail along the route as well as to promote the story of the Overmountain Men. Anyone interested in genealogy is welcome to attend. For additional information, please contact Mary Jane Erwin <maryerwin@chartertn.net> or Wanda Manning, 926-8016. Betty Jane Hylton Editor, Bulletin for Watauga Association of Genealogists http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnWAG Co-cordinator, Washington County, TN TNGeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Member, Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee http://cemeterysurveyteamofnortheasttennessee.com ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag

Margaret has posted two more cemeteries: Crouch (Joseph) Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemCl_Cr.htm#CROUCHJos This cemetery was also known as the Hoss Cemetery Note the Clinchfield RR trestle on the right side of the picture. Snyder Memorial Gardens update http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemSnyderUpdate.htm These graves were moved from other cemeteries to make way for "progress." Keep checking back to the Washington County TNGenWeb pages. The Washington County Memorial Gardens will be posted in several stages. There will be 750 names added. Margaret and Betty Jane Betty Jane Hylton Editor, Bulletin for Watauga Association of Genealogists http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnWAG Co-cordinator, Washington County, TN TNGeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Member, Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee http://cemeterysurveyteamofnortheasttennessee.com ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag

Good evening, Margaret has posted four more cemeteries that the Cemetery Survey Team has completed: Samuel Hunt Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemHuntSamuel.htm Longmire Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemLi_Ly.htm#LONGMIRE Sarah Hawkins Sevier Grave http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemSa_Se.htm#SEVIERSarah Unnamed Cemetery on Rockingham Road http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemT_U.htm#UNNAMED Margaret and Betty Jane Betty Jane Hylton Editor, Bulletin for Watauga Association of Genealogists http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnWAG Co-cordinator, Washington County, TN TNGeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Member, Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee http://cemeterysurveyteamofnortheasttennessee.com ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag

Evening, Two new cemeteries have been posted: Solomon Miller Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemMa_Mi.htm#MILLERSolomon Joseph Norris Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemNe_Nu.htm#NORRISJoseph These were not included in the Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, V. III by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists. Margaret and Betty Jane Betty Jane Hylton Editor, Bulletin for Watauga Association of Genealogists http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnWAG Co-cordinator, Washington County, TN TNGeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Member, Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee http://cemeterysurveyteamofnortheasttennessee.com ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag

The following cemeteries have been updated: Allison-Boring Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemAllisBorHodg.htm J.T. Carr Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemCarrJT.htm Eden Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemEden.htm France-Francis Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemF.htm#FRANCIS Jobe Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemI_J.htm#JOBE Margaret and Betty Jane Betty Jane Hylton Editor, Bulletin for Watauga Association of Genealogists http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnWAG Co-cordinator, Washington County, TN TNGeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Member, Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee http://cemeterysurveyteamofnortheasttennessee.com ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag

Susan, Would your Elizabeth Hale be related to Elizabeth Hale (b. Jan 1786 in Washington Co., TN), daughter of Amon Hale and Elizabeth Carter? Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Slack" <sslack116@earthlink.net> To: <TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 12:54 PM Subject: [TNWASHIN-L] Re: TNWASHIN- Bolton > > Brad, > > My gg aunt Elizabeth Hale married a William H C Bolton in Washington > County > in 1869. His parents were Deborah (Haws) and Henry Bolton. (Betty H. > Bolton's father was Landon Carter Hale. ) > > It could be a long shot, but do you recognize any of these names? Perhaps > your Bolton family is connected to mine. > > Thanks, > > Susan Slack > >> >> I am seeking information about the parents of my Maternal Grandmother >> Katherine Marcellus Bolton, b. Jonesborough, TN 12 Jul 1885. So far, I >> think her parents were William M. Bolton (1848-1915) m. (c. 1875) Nancy >> Ann > Carter (1837-1921), but my data is not solid. >> >> Brad Paxton >> > > > ==== 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. >

Brad, My gg aunt Elizabeth Hale married a William H C Bolton in Washington County in 1869. His parents were Deborah (Haws) and Henry Bolton. (Betty H. Bolton's father was Landon Carter Hale. ) It could be a long shot, but do you recognize any of these names? Perhaps your Bolton family is connected to mine. Thanks, Susan Slack > > I am seeking information about the parents of my Maternal Grandmother > Katherine Marcellus Bolton, b. Jonesborough, TN 12 Jul 1885. So far, I > think her parents were William M. Bolton (1848-1915) m. (c. 1875) Nancy Ann Carter (1837-1921), but my data is not solid. > > Brad Paxton >

I just uploaded a photograph of the Henry Marsh home near Jonesborough. The caption reads: Stone house near Jonesboro, East Tennessee. Erected in 1816 by Henry Marsh, father of Dr. John L. Marsh of Brownsburg, Indiana. Reita Kelley who contributed the photo would like to find descendants so she can return the photograph to family members (nice lady!) I've reduced the image for easy downloading, but I do have a higher resolution image in my file. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncjones/marsh.html Pat Sabin

Hello, What I have about the Greenway family is from a sketch in the Washington County History book. Jesse Humphreys Greenway m. Elizabeth Moore, 20 Jul 1843 in Washington C., TN. This was submitted by Donna J. Howard, P.O. Box 261, Stoughton, WI 53589. Julian

Folks...(many cousins, I presume)... I have been following the Washington County List for a while, and this my first inquiry. I am seeking information about the parents of my Maternal Grandmother Katherine Marcellus Bolton, b. Jonesborough, TN 12 Jul 1885. So far, I think her parents were William M. Bolton (1848-1915) m. (c. 1875) Nancy Ann Carter (1837-1921), but my data is not solid. If anyone has any good data on these Bolton/Carter connections, I would be very appreciative. Regards, Brad Paxton

----- Original Message ----- From: <Tambaymar@aol.com> To: <TNGREENE-L@rootsweb.com>; <TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:55 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Roll Call -- Brown, Hull, Trobaugh, Lingenfelter, Casteel > BROWN, Benjamin, born 1807 in Greeneville (Greene) TN. Parents unknown. > BROWN, Benjamin m. SPEARS, Elizabeth -- White Co TN > TROBAUGH, Henry (b.1783) m. BROWN, Sarah (b.1785) in 1805 -- Greene Co > TN. > TROBAUGH, George Andrew (b. abt 1810) m. SPEARS, Sibby (b. abt 1818) > 1832 Harrison Co Indiana > TROBAUGH, George Alexander (b.1836) m. BROWN, Serena (abt.1836) -- Greene > Co > TN > BROWN, George (b.1782) m. TROBAUGH, "Peggy" (b.1784) in 1807 -- Greene Co > TN > BROWN, John m. HULL, Catherine "Caty" 1807 -- Greene Co TN > HULL, J. m. LINGENFELTER, Anne Marie -- York Co PA > LINGENFELTER, Jacob m. TROBAUGH, Morriles -- York Co PA > CASTEEL, Alexander (b.1800) m. SHERRILL, Susannah (b.1802) abt 1823 McMinn > Co TN? > > We have an inkling that our Browns may have been from the family of Jacob > Braun/Brown, "The Wagonmaker". We think that there might be a conncection > to > Phillip Brown (b.abt 1760 Rowan Co NC) who m. Catherine Sliger 1796 > Washington > Co TN. Collateral lines appear to have come from the region of Augusta > Co > VA, after having lived in York Co PA. > > We're pretty sure that our Benjamin does not descend from the Jotham Brown > line (thanks to Stevie), although they were contemporaneous with our > Browns in > Greene Co TN. > > Nor do we believe that Benjamin descends from Jacob Brown and Ruth Gordon, > whose offspring were also in Washington and Greene Counties at the same > time. > Does anyone know of descendants for John A. Brown, bastard son of Jacob > Brown and his indentured servant/mistress, Nancy Henderson? That's > another point > of confusion in separating all those Browns in Greene Co TN -- perhaps > Nancy > might have had other children by Jacob Brown. > > Regards, > Jim Patrick _tambaymar@aol.com_ (mailto:tambaymar@aol.com) > > Researching 4 distinct lines: > > 1. Hall & House (MD>PA>KY>IN), Presley (MD?,PA?, KY?), Banta > (NJ>KY>IN>IL?), Britton (Eng>OH>IN), Brighton (Jay, Grant Co IN), Wetzel > (Ger>OH>IN), > Danner (GER>PA>VA>OH>IN), Pherigo (KY>IN), Fallis, and Demarest > (FR>Eng>NJ>KY) > > 2. Patrick (PA>NC>IN), Abel/Abell/Able (MD?>KY>IN), Beatty (VA>OH>IN), > Shumway (NY>IN), Downs (OH>IN), Brown (MA>VT?>NY>OH>IN), Rockwell, > (NS>CT>NY), > Barney (MA>NY), Shidler, Holman, Jacobs (PA>NC>IN>OH), Dowden, Cheyney, > Gaither > > 3. Groutage (Eng>CO>IL), Fletcher (Eng>IL), Raybould (Eng), Salisbury, > Baker, Bucy, Freeman (NY>IL), Mendenhall, Clark, Plate, Gustine > (NY>OH>IL) > > 4. Brown (VA>TN>IN>IL), Spears (KY?>NC?>TN), Tackett (NC?>KY?>TN), > Casteel > (Native American? PA?>NC>TN), Sherrill (NC>TN>IL), Payne, Trobaugh > (VA>TN>IN>IL), Hull (PA>VA>TN), Shields, Lingenfelter (PA), Isom, Byrum. > > >

I have never posted here. I continue to read the posts for the valuable information that they hold. The post showing the link to 'Johnson's Depot,' http://www.johnsonsdepot.com/ is truly a gem! My grandfather,Wert St. John, great grandfather Robert Willie, and great great grandfather, Lunsford Yandell Park were all railroad clerks, telegraphers, and conductors. To Pat Sabin....my heart felt thanks as well for sharing this gem! Sincerely, Angela Park Richmond, VA

To Pat Sabin: This should have been addressed to you. Many thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: Julia Spicer To: henry@johnsonsdepot.com Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 11:10 PM Subject: A beautiful reminder of my life in Johnson City! Upon graduating from ETSC in 1947, I was hired as secretary to Munsey Memorial Methodist Church where Rev. Paul Worley was minister. One morning, a "ratty" looking man walked into my office with his hands behind him and asked me: "Is this the place where they heal souls?" at which point he held up a pair of boots! This man was Major John Parmenter Mitchell from the Soldier's Home. Major Mitchell attended church services and since I handled the deposit of Sunday collection monies, I noted a check each week written to such as "Pay to the order of that altruistic church" or "Pay to the order of Paul Worley or Julia Spicer, whichever is more important", etc. He and I became good friends and after leaving Johnson City for a teaching position in Bristol, TN. I kept receiving letters from him. Now my question: When did Major Mitchell die and where was he buried? I married in Johnson City in St. John's Episcopal Church and left for our honeymoon to Chattanooga on that Southern Railway depot just as it is pictured here. This is a fabulous site which I shall keep on my computer and refer to often. Thank you for sending out to all of us these delightful memories of a wonderful town! Julia English Spicer

I was sent this link a couple of weeks ago, and thought everyone would enjoy it. It's got a lot of history of Johnson City, plus old photographs and postcards: http://www.johnsonsdepot.com/ Pat Sabin

Evans: Any connection to Obadiah Evans m. Sally/Sarah Draper, Aletha Evans m. Alexander Boyd? Alexander was from Putnam County, Tennessee. Thanks

Evans and Nelson ReunionFamily and friends are all invited to attend the annual Nelson Reunion for the descendants of Jave and Ellen Evans Nelson on August 6, 2005, at the Farmers Grove Baptist Church fellowship hall in the Blockhouse Valley area of Anderson County, TN, beginning at 11:00 A. M. Bring food for a covered dish lunch at noon. There will be fun and games for the kids after lunch and music to be enjoyed by the adults. There will be the usual displays of family histories, pictures and other memorabilia, so bring anything you want to display. Jave and Ellen were married in Anderson County in 1877. They lived on Black Oak Ridge where the water tanks in Oak Ridge now set. Their children included David, Henry, Catherine Nelson Tadlock, Frank, Tom, Cynthia Nelson Wilson, Page, Taylor, Sam, and Clara Nelson Yerkes. Ellen was the daughter of Thomas J. and Permelia York Evans who moved to Tennessee from Knox County, Kentucky in the 1870's. Jave is thought to have been a direct descendant of Joseph Anderson for whom Anderson County is named. For more information, contact Carolyn Nelson Johnson at <mamawcarolyn@peoplepc.com>.