Does anyone know if there are records of court proceedings in Wasington County in the 1840's? I want to see if there is record of my gggrandfather Elbert Anderson being bonded out to the John Tankersley family, sometime probably between 1844 and 1850 when Elbert was listed in the census as living with the Tankersleys. Where could I look to see such records? Pam Hartman -

This message is being forwarded to the list by the listowner. If you can add something to the message below or wish to contact the person who wrote the message, reply to "Gerald Hartley" <jerrycharhartley@msn.com>. Please do not reply to the listowner. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Hartley" <jerrycharhartley@msn.com> To: <tnwashin-l-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 9:35 PM Subject: District of Captain Scotts Company, Washington County. > I would like some information on the District of Captain Scotts Company, > Washington County,Tennessee. I would like to know how it came about and > when. > > >

A distant cousin in Huntsville, AL sent me the article this morning. How sad!!! Pat Sabin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Jane Hylton" <bjhylton@ureach.com> To: <TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 4:48 PM Subject: [TNWASHIN-L] Broylesville Inn > Many of you have ties to the Broyles Family in Washington > County, TN. You can read more about the fire in the Johnson > City Press today. http://www.johnsoncitypress.com > > Betty Jane > > One of two smoldering chimneys, all that was left of the > Broylesville Inn after an early morning Wednesday fire. (Tony > Duncan / Johnson City Press)Historic inn lost - > 18th-century-structure fire called suspicious > By Sue Guinn Legg > Press Staff Writer > slegg@johnsoncitypress.com > The 18th-century Broylesville Inn, the oldest building in the > Broylesville Historic District of Limestone, was destroyed early > Wednesday by a fire authorities described as suspicious. > > The Limestone and Nolichucky volunteer fire departments were > called to the fire at the inn, located on the eastern bank of > Little Limestone Creek at the intersection of Gravel Hill and > McQueen roads, about 4:43 a.m. and found the building was fully > involved in flames. By daylight, all that remained of the > 207-year-old, two-story log and clapboard structure were two > brick chimneys rising out of its smoldering rubble. > > > > > Betty Jane Hylton > Editor, Bulletin for Watauga Association of Genealogists > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnWAG > Co-ocordinator, Washington County, TN TNGeb Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin > Member, Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee > http://www.cemeterysurveyteamofnetn.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Get your own "800" number > Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more > http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag > > > ==== 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. > >

Many of you have ties to the Broyles Family in Washington County, TN. You can read more about the fire in the Johnson City Press today. http://www.johnsoncitypress.com Betty Jane One of two smoldering chimneys, all that was left of the Broylesville Inn after an early morning Wednesday fire. (Tony Duncan / Johnson City Press)Historic inn lost - 18th-century-structure fire called suspicious By Sue Guinn Legg Press Staff Writer slegg@johnsoncitypress.com The 18th-century Broylesville Inn, the oldest building in the Broylesville Historic District of Limestone, was destroyed early Wednesday by a fire authorities described as suspicious. The Limestone and Nolichucky volunteer fire departments were called to the fire at the inn, located on the eastern bank of Little Limestone Creek at the intersection of Gravel Hill and McQueen roads, about 4:43 a.m. and found the building was fully involved in flames. By daylight, all that remained of the 207-year-old, two-story log and clapboard structure were two brick chimneys rising out of its smoldering rubble. Betty Jane Hylton Editor, Bulletin for Watauga Association of Genealogists http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnWAG Co-ocordinator, Washington County, TN TNGeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Member, Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee http://www.cemeterysurveyteamofnetn.org/ ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag

Some members of the Cemetery Survey Team located the Barnes Cemetery near 1349 Gibson Street, just off Lakeview Dr. in Johnson City. There appears to be 45 or 50 graves. It is overgrown with poison ivy. We did not attempt to survey it today. Someone has marked the graves with field stones with surveyor's flags. We would like to talk to this person/s. 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://www.cemeterysurveyteamofnetn.org ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag

I just renewed my subscription last week and the salesman explained OneWorldTree to me. The search engine goes out to verify the information on the tree. It will look up vital records, wills, land records, etc. to verify family information. Sounds like a good idea to me. Many of the trees available have wrong information. Kay Armstrong

In a message dated 5/4/2004 10:54:45 AM Central Standard Time, jwm_genealogy@hotmail.com writes: > The following message may be of interest to some of you. This is showing up on many lists but is not true. Please check these things out rather than passing them on willy-nilly. Trees uploaded to either side (RW/Ancestry) are visible from both sides. Ancestry is *not* charging for access or selling trees: access will remain free from both the RootsWeb and Ancestry side as it has always been. What Ancestry is offering for an extra charge is access to a special search engine to search the trees for you. Folks can still search the trees manually or browse the trees for free the same way they always have. Think of it like a research assistant: you can hire someone to help you look for your ancestors, or you can research yourself for free. That's essentially what it is, except that it's computerized, not human.

The following message may be of interest to some of you. Jerry W. Murphy jwm_genealogy@hotmail.com Jerry's Homepage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jwmurphy/ Rootsweb List Administrator: ALFRANKL-L, TNHARDIN-L, TNWASHIN-L, TNWAYNE-L BRATTON-L, CAVENDER-L, COCHRAN-L, HAFLEY-L, PATTERSON-L, SOWERBY-L Wayne County, Tennessee Co-County Coordinator: http://www.netease.net/wayne Wayne County Computer Club: http://www.netease.net/waccc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <TN-All@usgennet.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 12:13 AM Subject: TN-ALL from a county list > If you have submitted a family tree to Ancestry.com, you should know of > the change about to be implemented by them. The Family Trees that have been > donated to Ancestry for free distribution to other researchers are about > to be sold by subscription: the OneWorldTree Preview cost will be $49.95 for > 14 months. If you'd prefer that your information was not sold, there is a > link below which will take you to a set of instructions on opting out by > deleting your tree. > > After clicking on the link and arriving at the page, click on "What's a > preview?" near the top of the page. > Read thoroughly and then click on "View our checklist" (which appears on > #3). > > Among other things, you will see the following sentence: > "If for any reason you do not want your tree to be part of the new > OneWorldTree service, you must delete it from the Ancestry World > Tree database by tentatively May 21, 2004." > > This is the link: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/trees/owt/ > > > > -This is a USGenNet Safe-Site Mailing List - http://USGenNet.Org/ >

Connie, I have located all the Shields in Washington County land records. There was only 1 entry for R.W. Shields in 1880. He sold the land, so it's likely that he received his land through another way, such as a will. There are several Julia Shields in the records, it's likely that they all tie in somehow. However, the book entitled Joseph Shields of Washington County, Tennessee mentions that there are two different Shields families of the county. While the book provides a lot of good information, there are many errors to be aware of. As I'm researching the Shields, I'll try to keep you posted. Have you obtained a possible death record? Sincerely, Geoff Rasmussen -----Original Message----- From: Welch [mailto:stinger@semo.net] Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:01 AM To: TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TNWASHIN-L] Shields Hi Geoff, In 1860 Robert is listed as age 10 living with the Walker family but in 1870 he is suppose to be living with a Josh Shields and his family and 1880 he is married and still living there in Washington county. I am not sure about the time between 1880 and 1890 but in 1900 he ends up in Texas. I have asked for a census lookup for 1850 in hopes that his family can be found there. I would like to see your ancestry there though. I think from the census records that they are more than likely all related in some way or at least the ones left in 1880. I did notice a Julia b. 1814 on the census and wondered if that might be an aunt? So anyway Robert having been born in 1850 or so wouldn't be listed. I just don't know where his parents are is all. Thank you for checking the tax list for me. Connie -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Rasmussen [mailto:Geoff@geoffrasmussen.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:01 PM To: TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TNWASHIN-L] Shields Connie, I have Shields ancestry in Washington County. However, I am currently unaware of any Robert W. Shields. There is no Robert Shields listed in the tax record index from 1778-1850. What time period was your Robert there? Sincerely, Geoff Rasmussen -----Original Message----- From: Welch [mailto:stinger@semo.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:04 AM To: TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNWASHIN-L] Shields Hi, I was wondering if anyone on the list is researching the Shields families of Washington county? I am looking for the parents of Robert W. Shields. I believe it is possible that two of his brothers are and lived there also, Joseph and John. He is also found in the census with a Walker family. Does anyone have access to the marriage records there? Any help with this family would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Connie ==== 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. ______________________________ ==== 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.

Our Click family reunion will be held in Newport Cocke Co Tn June 11 - 13, 2004 All Click families from Washington, Greene, Cocke, and Monroe Tenn are related. Visit this link http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~auntsissie/reunion2004.html

Evening, We have three more cemeteries posted on the Washington County TNGENWEB site. George Fitzgerald Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemF.htm#FITZGERALDGeo Chester Price Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemP.htm#PRICEChester Price-Combs Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemP.htm#PRICE-Combs Margaret and 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 http://www.cemeterysurveyteamofnetn.org ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag

Hi Geoff, In 1860 Robert is listed as age 10 living with the Walker family but in 1870 he is suppose to be living with a Josh Shields and his family and 1880 he is married and still living there in Washington county. I am not sure about the time between 1880 and 1890 but in 1900 he ends up in Texas. I have asked for a census lookup for 1850 in hopes that his family can be found there. I would like to see your ancestry there though. I think from the census records that they are more than likely all related in some way or at least the ones left in 1880. I did notice a Julia b. 1814 on the census and wondered if that might be an aunt? So anyway Robert having been born in 1850 or so wouldn't be listed. I just don't know where his parents are is all. Thank you for checking the tax list for me. Connie -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Rasmussen [mailto:Geoff@geoffrasmussen.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:01 PM To: TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TNWASHIN-L] Shields Connie, I have Shields ancestry in Washington County. However, I am currently unaware of any Robert W. Shields. There is no Robert Shields listed in the tax record index from 1778-1850. What time period was your Robert there? Sincerely, Geoff Rasmussen -----Original Message----- From: Welch [mailto:stinger@semo.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:04 AM To: TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNWASHIN-L] Shields Hi, I was wondering if anyone on the list is researching the Shields families of Washington county? I am looking for the parents of Robert W. Shields. I believe it is possible that two of his brothers are and lived there also, Joseph and John. He is also found in the census with a Walker family. Does anyone have access to the marriage records there? Any help with this family would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Connie ==== 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. ______________________________

I have a reference to the following publication: History of Providence Presbyterian Church, published by Watauga Association of Genealogists. I am interested in locating a copy of this source, or to obtain photocopies of information contained within. If someone can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it. Sincerely, Geoff Rasmussen

Hi, I was wondering if anyone on the list is researching the Shields families of Washington county? I am looking for the parents of Robert W. Shields. I believe it is possible that two of his brothers are and lived there also, Joseph and John. He is also found in the census with a Walker family. Does anyone have access to the marriage records there? Any help with this family would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Connie

Connie, I have Shields ancestry in Washington County. However, I am currently unaware of any Robert W. Shields. There is no Robert Shields listed in the tax record index from 1778-1850. What time period was your Robert there? Sincerely, Geoff Rasmussen -----Original Message----- From: Welch [mailto:stinger@semo.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:04 AM To: TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNWASHIN-L] Shields Hi, I was wondering if anyone on the list is researching the Shields families of Washington county? I am looking for the parents of Robert W. Shields. I believe it is possible that two of his brothers are and lived there also, Joseph and John. He is also found in the census with a Walker family. Does anyone have access to the marriage records there? Any help with this family would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Connie ==== 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.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Billie R. McNamara" <billie@tnhillbillie.net> To: <Recipient list suppressed> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:12 AM Subject: TN-ALL Welsh Immigrant History Lecture Sunday > A last-minute opportunity arose, so we are taking advantage of it! > > If you have Welsh ancestry (hurrah! <g>) or have an interest in the Welsh > people, coal mining, iron industry, or pre-statehood history in East > Tennessee, you simply must join us for a FREE, SHORT, presentation on > Sunday afternoon, May 2nd. > > Don't know if you've got Welsh roots? Let's hope you're one of the tens of > thousands in East Tennessee who do! Check www.korrnet.org/welsh/ and click > on the link to Welsh Surnames for a very short list. > > Please feel free to forward this message to other individuals and mailing > lists where it would be appropriate. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > Brief intro: Several prominent Welsh immigrants settled in Tennessee > pre-statehood. Later, a group of Welsh settled in Scott County, TN, in the > 1850's, but the settlement failed. After the Civil War, hundreds of Welsh > immigrants came to Knox, Anderson, Roane, Loudon, Campbell, Hamilton, and > other areas to work primarily in the coal and iron industries. Knoxville > Iron Works (now The Foundry banquet hall) was a principal employer. > > When: Sunday, May 2, 1:30 p.m. > > Where: St. James' Episcopal Church Parish Hall Conference Room, 1101 North > Broadway, Knoxville 37917. St. James' predecessor, the Church of the > Epiphany, was home to many of the Welsh who settled in the nearby > Mechanicsville section of Knoxville. > > What: Presentation by Eirug Davies, Ph.D. > > About the Speaker: Dr. Davies is an Associate Member of Harvard's Celtic > Department where he has conducted several seminars on Welsh subject > matters. A native of Llannon, Cardiganshire, Wales, he is a graduate of > the University of Wales and holds a M.Sc. degree in Physics from the > University and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. > > -This is a USGenNet Safe-Site Mailing List - http://USGenNet.Org/ >

Freinds & family, Just wanted to let you know I'll be changing my e-mail in the next day or so. The new address will be: cindyw3@earthlink.net If you'll seen this before sorry. Cindy White

Just a reminder about the meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday, April 6th. The Board of Directors have worked up some exciting new activities. There will be announcements tomorrow evening. GENEALOGISTS TO HOLD 'HELPING' MEETING Researchers of family history may get help in breaking down their "brick walls,' or difficult research questions, from members of the Watauga Association of Genealogists at the Tuesday meeting. Visitors and members are invited to pose a question they have struggled with or to share helpful hints in the program titled "Members Helping Members." The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Johnson City Public Library. The public is invited. Come on out even if you don't have a "brick wall." You may be able to help someone else. Betty Jane Betty Jane Hylton Editor, Bulletin for Watauga Association of Genealogists http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnWAG Co-ocordinator, Washington County, TN TNGeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Member, Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee http://www.cemeterysurveyteamofnetn.org/ ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag

Two new cemeteries have been posted and one updated. Scott Herrin Memorial http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemHam-Haw.htm#HERRIN Jacob Joss Cemetery. This historical cemetery needs to be adopted and restored. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemHo_Hu.htm#HOSS%20Jacob Leach Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemL_Le.htm#LEACH Margaret and Betty Jane Betty Jane Hylton Editor, Bulletin for Watauga Association of Genealogists http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnWAG Co-ocordinator, Washington County, TN TNGeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin Member, Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee http://www.cemeterysurveyteamofnetn.org/ ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag

Mary - John Shaffer's widow married Henry McGill shortly after John's death in 1819. Does anyone know what happened to Mary & Henry? And what was Mary's maiden name? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Betty-Anne Vancouver Island, BC - Parrott, Moyer, Shaffer (all sp.) Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.