I loved your story and it brought back to my mind one on the same subject. Many years ago I visited Wayne County, TN and met a Mr. Lay in the courthouse who sent me to visit and elderly lady there in town. My old note books are packed away so this may not be completely acurte. I think her name was Holt and she was in some manner related to the Cypert's and Worthen's. We visited and I was allowed to see her old pictures and hear her family stories. She told me that her mother (or grandmother) was living in the area that a troop of Civil War soldiers came marching through taking what they needed. She had hidden as much as possible including socks that she had knited to send to her soldier son. Some of the men found those items under the floor boards where she had placed them. She was so mad that after the soldiers had made camp not far from her house she marched up the hill and demanded to see the officer in charge. She told him what all his men had taken from her, then she demanded they return the socks and the officer had the men take them off their feet and return them to her. She did say that those men were in desperate need of socks but could not have her son's socks. Now that was a very strong lady. Barbara W ----- Original Message ----- From: <CVSRbtson@aol.com> > Sorry! You are absolutely right about the confusion of who was hidden > under > the floor boards. I realized it was badly written after it was sent in > error and should have been corrected. But who would have to hide a new > born > baby. At the time they were searching and killing men who they thought > should be > fighting in the civil war. > > That e-mail was in "mail waiting to be sent" and I did not mean to send > il > before checking facts and editing it. But I hit the " send" button" by > mistake. At that time I had a house full of children & grandchildren > visiting > during their spring break > > It was funny if you did not know the facts about James Henry's birth.. . > > As for the birth date of James Henry Smith, my research and others has > he > was born 12 Nov 1863 in Wayne Co.(and died 20 apr 1946 in Missippi CO., > Arknsas) so I assumed that was the date that my g-grandfather Rev. Samuel > Smith hid > under the house. This date also seems to be accurate according to the > cenus > in 1870, 1880, 1900 in Wayne Co TN and in Lawrence Co TN in the 1920 & > 1930 > census. > > 1870 Wayne Co Age 6 > 1880 Wayne Co Age 16 > 1900 Wayne Co. Age 36 born 1863 > 1920 Lawrence Co Age 56 > 1930 Lawrence Co. Age 65 estimated > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sorry about the misspelled words. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Wallace" <bwallace63@sbcglobal.net> To: <tnwayne@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [TNWAYNE] TNWAYNE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 51 >I loved your story and it brought back to my mind one on the same subject. > Many years ago I visited Wayne County, TN and met a Mr. Lay in the > courthouse who sent me to visit and elderly lady there in town. > My old note books are packed away so this may not be completely acurate. > I > think her name was Holt and she was in some manner related to the Cypert's > and Worthen's. We visited and I was allowed to see her old pictures and > hear > her family stories. > > She told me that her mother (or grandmother) was living in the area that a > troop of Civil War soldiers came marching through taking what they needed. > She had hidden as much as possible including socks that she had knitted to > send to her soldier son. Some of the men found those items under the > floor > boards where she had placed them. She was so mad that after the soldiers > had made camp not far from her house she marched up the hill and demanded > to > see the officer in charge. She told him what all his men had taken from > her, then she demanded they return the socks and the officer had the men > take them off their feet and return them to her. > She did say that those men were in desperate need of socks but could not > have her son's socks. > Now that was a very strong lady. > > Barbara W > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <CVSRbtson@aol.com> > > >> Sorry! You are absolutely right about the confusion of who was hidden >> under >> the floor boards. I realized it was badly written after it was sent in >> error and should have been corrected. But who would have to hide a new >> born >> baby. At the time they were searching and killing men who they thought >> should be >> fighting in the civil war. >> >> That e-mail was in "mail waiting to be sent" and I did not mean to send >> il >> before checking facts and editing it. But I hit the " send" button" >> by >> mistake. At that time I had a house full of children & grandchildren >> visiting >> during their spring break >> >> It was funny if you did not know the facts about James Henry's birth.. . >> >> As for the birth date of James Henry Smith, my research and others has >> he >> was born 12 Nov 1863 in Wayne Co.(and died 20 apr 1946 in Missippi CO., >> Arknsas) so I assumed that was the date that my g-grandfather Rev. >> Samuel >> Smith hid >> under the house. This date also seems to be accurate according to the >> cenus >> in 1870, 1880, 1900 in Wayne Co TN and in Lawrence Co TN in the 1920 & >> 1930 >> census. >> >> 1870 Wayne Co Age 6 >> 1880 Wayne Co Age 16 >> 1900 Wayne Co. Age 36 born 1863 >> 1920 Lawrence Co Age 56 >> 1930 Lawrence Co. Age 65 estimated >> >> >> >> **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & >> Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message