Telette and All, From now on I will always hit "Reply All" for all my responses and I encourage everyone else to do so we can have some genealogical discussion on this list. I'm afraid I do not have any information for you, Telette, regarding the two surnames you mentioned, I might be able to help you regarding the relationship between North Carolina and Tennessee. Originally all of what is now the state of Tennessee was part of North Carolina. In 1796, the year your ancestor was born, Tennessee became a state. So it is possible she was born in the part of NC that became TN. That could explain the differences in the place of birth on old records. I think this is along the lines of your thoughts. It could also mean you need to check North Carolina repositories and libraries for information on her and her family. Hope this is of some help. Sincerely, Anna Bertram abertram@heartoftn.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "T. Roberts" <troberts@hiwaay.net> To: <TNWASHIN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [TNWASHIN-L] Let me see if I understand the discussion on automatic reply! >I usually just lurk in the background and watch but I did not realize that >we were not getting all the mail. > > I would like to see it mainly to watch for my ggggrandmothers line. I > know almost nothing about her except that she was born 22 May 1796 in > either TN or N.C. One census says one and the next one will say the > other. She married in TN bet. 1810 & 1815 Joseph Turney and ended up in > No. Ala. We think their oldest child was B. in TN in 22 May1816. She > died 2 May 1852 in AL. > > Her husband's father was Henry Turney who died in DeKalb Co. TN in 1843 > > We have been hunting for her for 20 years but most of that time under the > wrong surname. Her name was Nancy Little. We feel that she was probably > b. in the part of TN that was claimed by N.C. > > I keep hoping that I will see some names that will possibly connect with > her. > > I would appreciate any clues that anyone could furnish me. > > Telette

Dear fellow ancestor hunters, I have not written on list for quite some time and thought it time to add my surnames to the list. If any of you have any possible connections to any of my ancestors, please jump in and we can help each other through the murky depths that is Genealogy. My Great Great Grandfather was John Smith Haws, born in Washington County, Tennessee, in 1841. I believe his mother was a Campbell. He was married to Nancy Wilson (I have nothing on her but she may have been an orphan) on 15 Sept. 1859. They had one child, John William Squib Haws. John Haws died during the War Between the States, in Kentucky. His widow was given a pension from the State of Tennessee consisting of land near Jonesboro. Their son kept the land and raised his family there. He married Sarah Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of William Henry Harrison Douglas and Nancy Hyder, of Carter County. Sarah Douglas and John Hawes (he went by William) were married 28 Feb 1878 in Washington County. William and Sarah had 7 children, one of which died as a young child. Their sixth child was Opie Haws, born 11 Feb 1889 in Jonesboro and died 13 August 1951 in Atlantic, Iowa. He was my grandfather. I have the names, birth dates, and death dates of all their other children. I will be happy to share any information that I have. Happy Hunting, Jim Lee Hawes, CRNA-ARNP <HAWS, WILSON, HYDER, SIMMERLY, HUGHES, DOUGLAS, WRAHM, LAUGEL, WEBER, SCHMIDT, RAUCH, GRASS, and many others> PS, an interesting sidelight and a point to why we do this, my 27th great grandfather on the Douglas side, fought beside William Wallace (aka Braveheart) against the English in the 1300's We wouldn't be who we are if it weren't for our ancestors and we owe them the respect of finding who they were. > >