In a message dated 11/9/03 4:03:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, TNWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > http://www.cemeterysurveyteamofnetn.org > I am looking for my GGGGrandparents, who are James M and Cloa Bird who are supposed to be buried at New Prospect or Lynn Cemetery on Helton RD in Grainger County, TN. The graves were supposed to have been moved to put in the Cherokee Dam. We cannot find their stones, but their son Redman is there. My question is there an agency that has the names of the graves moved to put in this dam? I would appreciate any input. Cinda Byrd Deaton

Can anyone give me any info on George Gray buried in Buffalo Ridge Cemetery (according to his Obit - online). I'm looking for a George W Gray married to Sarah Hale and is the father of Ruth Nancy (Gray) Cox. Trying to find my GrGrGrGrGrandfather. Thanks a bunch, any help would be appreciated! Barbara L Jones Richardson

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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 "Nancy Calkins" <NCalkins@esboces.org>. Please do not reply to the listowner. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Calkins, Nancy" <NCalkins@esboces.org> To: <TNWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 8:41 AM Subject: RE: TNWASHIN-L CHEROKEE CHURCH > In response to the discussion about the Cherokee Baptist Church, I have a > copy of the History of Washington County and would be happy to share it. I > hope this helps. Sherry, you're not missing that much. To complete the > information that Sherry Mirkovic provided, the following is found on page 69 > -- > Another early Baptist church in Washington County during the early 1780's > was known as the "Limestone Church." It was located near the present > Telford community; its members were: Samuel Bayless, Nicholas Fain, William > Nodding, Daniel McCray, Francis Baster, John Bayless, Mary Nodding, Sarah > Wood, Elizabeth Dilling, Sarah McCray, Lynn Russell, Ann Bayless, Martha > Hannah, Mary Bayless, Priscilla Nodding, and Mary Baxter. In 1783, > Limestone Church united with the Baptist Church on Cherokee "as one body". > > The Cherokee Church, five miles south of Jonesborough, was organized under > the leadership of William Murphy, who served as its first pastor. Some > historians believe that Cherokee was organized circa 1780 or earlier; the > church minutes begin April 2, 1782. The early members included: James > Keel, ____ ____, etc. (include here all the names Sherry listed, then it > picks up on page 70 with--) Elizabeth Compton, Sarah Finch, Martha Hannah, > and Ann Bruner. Cherokee is the only one of the seven charter members > remaining in the Holston Baptist Association and is the oldest church in the > Tennessee Baptist Convention with continuous existence (over 200 years). > > In addition to the Baptist preachers already mentioned, several others wre > in the Washington County area during the 1780's. Among these were Thomas > Kelly, Isaac Barton, James Keel, and William Reno. > > This ends the section on the Cherokee Baptist Church. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: TNWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:TNWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com] > > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 2:11 AM > > To: TNWASHIN-D@rootsweb.com > > Subject: TNWASHIN-D Digest V03 #98 > > > > << Message: Untitled Attachment >> << Message: [TNWASHIN-L] Cherokee > > Church >> << Message: [TNWASHIN-L] Census lookup >> << Message: > > [TNWASHIN-L] Re: TNWASHIN-D Digest V03 #94 >> > >

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 "K.Brandon" <keithb@sutv.com>. Please do not reply to the listowner. ----- Original Message ----- From: "K.Brandon" <keithb@sutv.com> To: <TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 4:00 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} BRANDON DNA PROJECT > There is a Brandon surname DNA Project underway. This project seeks > to > determine the connection of all lines of the Brandon family surname. > We > would like to determine if the Brandons who first settled in PA and > spread south to NC and SC and west to TN, KY, AL, OH, IL, and other > states and the Brandons who first appear in VA and spread south and > west, share a common ancestry. We would like to know the relationship > of these early U. S. Brandons to the Brandon families of England and > Ireland. We would like to invite all members of the Brandon family > worldwide to join our project. > > If you are interested in participating, please contact one of the > following: > Phyllis Brandon brandonp@worldnet.att.net or Keith Brandon > keithb@sutv.com . > > >

Does anyone know if there is a 1850 census online for WAshington Co.I am reseaching Hall and Mashburn.They moved to Sevier Co Tn later.Anyone that can do look up for me I have the page #'s.All I can find is indexes,Thank you Barbara HALL 1850 PAGES--129b--137b-148a-b-225a-226b-253a Mashburn-198a-199b 1840 Hall-195-200-215-216 1830--201-251 I like looking for the dead cause they can't look for me. Sign up for Internet Service under $10 dollars a month, at http://isp.BlueLight.com

Hi list members, I inquired a couple of times to see if anyone had information about Hughes Grist Mill in Washington County. I never got a response. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jewell Chapman

Hi Ron (and lis), I'm sorry to have misled you about the Cherokee Creek Baptist Church membership list on the Daiel Haston website. I thought my cousin told me that he put the after 1790 list there, but he just put the names pertinant to out family. I still don't have a list of all of the early members but I have : History of Washington Co TN 1988 Compiled by the Watauga Association of Genealogists - Upper TN Loudon Public Library A now deceased relative sent it to me but it isnt complete - it is a copy of the page that lists my ancestors' names Here are a few other names - more should have been on the next page - which I don't have: April 2 1783 James Keele, John Lemon, ann Bruner,Magdalen Hastings, Barbary Bass, John Brown, Agnes percifull, Francis Baxter,John Bayless, Mary Nodding, Eliz. Lemon, Caty Osamus, John Hunter, Barbary Hunter, Samuel Bayless, Daniel Bayless, Zurial Keele, Nicholas fain, William Nodding, Daniel McCray, Ann Bayless, Richard and the next page is missing. I would love to find that page. Here are some additional names in an entirely different article, the date is different - I think 1783 is correct: Church minutes begin April 2 1782: James Keele John Bayless Daniel Bayless Samuel Bayless John Lemon John Hunter alexander Chambers Nicholas fain, William Nodding Mrs Nicholsa Fain Mary Nodding Sarah McCray Sarah Wood Magdalen Hasting Lydia Keel Mary Baxter Polly Goodpaster Mrs Jonathan Bird Daniel McCray Samuel Wood Daniel Hasting Richard Keel Francis Baxter Solomon Goodpaster Jonathatn Bird Zuriah Keel Ann Bayless Mary Bayless Margaret Bayless Eliz. Lemon Barbara Hunter Mary Chambers Rueben Bayless Lynn Russell Christopher Brunk John brown thomas West Cathy Osamus Sister Hodges Pricilla Nodding Barbara Bass Elizabeth Dilling Elizabeth this page also ends and I don't have the next page Sherry _________________________________________________________________ See when your friends are online with MSN Messenger 6.0. Download it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com

Hi, I want to thank everyone who replied to my message. Ron, my cousin looked at that film and said that the early records were practically unreadable. He put the 1790+ names on his website. Go to: www.danielhaston.com and click on 'Churches" and you'll find the records for the Cherokee Baptist Church in Wash Co and the Big Pigeon Baptist Church in Cocke Co TN. Cherokee Baptist Church records are on microfilm and can be borrowed on inter- library loan. Contact: reference@state.tn.us for reel # 523 Ron Sherry _________________________________________________________________ Never get a busy signal because you are always connected with high-speed Internet access. Click here to comparison-shop providers. https://broadband.msn.com

For anyone who is interested in John Strain of Washington County (1759-1840) or his descendants, a Strain DNA surname project has been underway at FamilyTreeDNA.com for several months now. Among the findings so far.... The testing has shown that I am probably related to a descendant of Thomas Jefferson Strain of Cocke County, TN (1808-1865). I am a descendant of John Strain of Washington County. There is only one genetic mutation of difference between our two lines, implying that we had a common male ancestor in the recent past. Previously there was no known connection between these Strain lines. There are three genetic differences between the John Strain line and the line of David Strain of South Carolina. This implies that we might have shared a common male ancestor, but if so it was further back in the past. For more information, including how to join the project, we are constructing a website at this URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~straindna/StrainDNAProject.htm Thanks, Ted Strain

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 "Sam Matthews" <samatthews@onetel.net.uk>. Please do not reply to the listowner. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Matthews" <samatthews@onetel.net.uk> To: "Washington County, TN List" <TNWASHIN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 11:51 AM Subject: Washington County, TN > Dear All, > > If you ever find a Salts family connection please let me know. I run and > maintain a web site dedicated to all Salts family members for the Washington > County, TN area. > > Many thanks, Sam > ------------------------- > > Sam Matthews > 23 Camperdown House > Alma Road > Windsor > Berks SL4 3HQ > United Kingdom > > http://www.samatthews.com (to be updated soon) > >

I have reached a stonewall in my family research. I am looking for any information for Mary Bales. Born either July or December 1891. Married John Canada Hammitt in 1907 or 1908. Died December 14, 1938. Buried at Union Church of Christ December, 15 1938. Married John Canada Hammitt in 1907 or 1908. Lived in the Johnson City or Jonesborough area. The dates are confusing as they were written in pencil in a family bible and are faded.

Hi List, does anyone know where I can get the early membership list of the Cherokee Baptist Church that was formed in Jonesboro TN in 1782? I have the 1790+ list but need earlier. Sherry _________________________________________________________________ Concerned that messages may bounce because your Hotmail account has exceeded its 2MB storage limit? Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es

My own Archiblad Thomas line comes from Rheatown, Greene County, Tn. I would be interested in more information if possible. My grandmother was Letha Mae Thomas/Hobert who died about 10 years ago in Davenport, Iowa. She has many grandsons left who are interested in genealogy. They might also be interested. Diana Muir Atlanta, GA ---------------------------------------------------- This mailbox protected from junk email by Matador from MailFrontier, Inc. http://info.mailfrontier.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Thomas Chaffin" <btchaffin@comcast.net> To: <TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 12:07 PM Subject: [TNWASHIN-L] THOMAS DNA Project > Hi, > > I would like to let everyone know that a THOMAS surname DNA project is beginning. There are several groups of Thomases in East Tennessee - Blount, Sevier, Cocke, Sullivan, Jefferson counties - that would love to learn if they are connected. Conventional research has thus far turned up nothing concrete. > > Of course our project is not solely focused on east Tennessee. We hope to find connections between family lines all over the country and even out of the country if possible. > > If you need more information or know a Thomas male who might like to join, please direct them to me at btchaffin@comcast.net or to http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_det.asp?group=Thomas. > > Thanks for your help, > Bonnie Thomas Chaffin > > > ==== TNWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Visit Washington County TNGenWeb at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/ > Tour Jonesborough TN at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncjones/ > > ============================== > 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 > >

Hi, I would like to let everyone know that a THOMAS surname DNA project is beginning. There are several groups of Thomases in East Tennessee - Blount, Sevier, Cocke, Sullivan, Jefferson counties - that would love to learn if they are connected. Conventional research has thus far turned up nothing concrete. Of course our project is not solely focused on east Tennessee. We hope to find connections between family lines all over the country and even out of the country if possible. If you need more information or know a Thomas male who might like to join, please direct them to me at btchaffin@comcast.net or to http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_det.asp?group=Thomas. Thanks for your help, Bonnie Thomas Chaffin

> Diana, I have a cousin that lives in Atlanta and she was raised in > that area you ask about. She goes back there all the time. She maybe > able to help you. If you look up the phone number for a B& B named > Sugar Magnolia and call and ask for Jose Starnes. The B & B is in the > Historical district if your close to that area. Phil in MI. where its > getting cold! > > Diana Muir wrote: > >> Does anyone have access, or know how to get access to the Biographical >> History of Washington County, TN? I searched the website pages but the >> links don't include it and it doesn't seem to be available at the local >> genealogical society. >> >> I'm looking for a biography on any of the Cox family which I believe >> goes back to John Cox (with 5 sons and 3 daughters) who first appears in >> the 1830 census. My own ancestor is Cyrus Franklin Cox and wife Colydia >> Maiden, whose daughter Martha E. Cox married William A. Bailey from >> Rheatown, Greene County, TN. >> Would be happy to reciprocate with any requests from the Atlanta area >> where I live. >> >> Sincerely, >> Diana Muir >> Atlanta, GA >> http://www.motherhubbardscupboard.net/ >> >> >> >> >

Does anyone have access, or know how to get access to the Biographical History of Washington County, TN? I searched the website pages but the links don't include it and it doesn't seem to be available at the local genealogical society. I'm looking for a biography on any of the Cox family which I believe goes back to John Cox (with 5 sons and 3 daughters) who first appears in the 1830 census. My own ancestor is Cyrus Franklin Cox and wife Colydia Maiden, whose daughter Martha E. Cox married William A. Bailey from Rheatown, Greene County, TN. Would be happy to reciprocate with any requests from the Atlanta area where I live. Sincerely, Diana Muir Atlanta, GA http://www.motherhubbardscupboard.net/ -- ******************************************************* What good is magic if it can't save a unicorn? ******************************************************* Diana J. Muir Director of Curriculum Development AMDG, Inc., Atlanta, GA 770-431-5107

Looking for my grandfather in Washington Co in 1900. May have lived with Devault/Duvault family. Hamp or Hampton Williams.He would have been about 18 yrs. of age in 1900. He married Pauline Hodge in 1904. Ron

I've changed my email address and i would like it if you would change it so that I get the pages I subsccribe to. Thank you, Gwen Shoffner Gwen4494@charter.net

I've changed my email address and i would like it if you would change it so that I get the pages I subsccribe to. Thank you, Gwen Shoffner