Linda and I were in Tn. for a reunion back in September, and we bought some Sorghum Molasses at McKenzie Tn. It's a little expensive, but we wanted some. I am diabetic so I can't eat much. She uses it in cookies. I remember when I was a kid it used to be sold in 1 gallon buckets. Thank you for the discussion. I love it when someone digs up these wonderful memories of my childhood! So it goes for a man from Gleason in Weakley county.......Bud Ray

Excellent description I almost cut the end of my finger off while cutting off the tops of the sorghum to feed the chickens. Mama soaked my finger in some coal oil then wrapped it in white cloth. I still have the scar. I felt sorry for the mule having to go round & round turning the wheel. I still remember the wonderful taste and smell, wish I had some today. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MaryCarol Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 2:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Making sorghum molasses MAKING SORGHUM MOLASSES This was the latest article published in the Cumberland Lore...Archives Publication by Jeannie Travis - she has given permission to share it. "This nippy Fall weather reminds me of the good old days when times were hard. When I was growing up folks didn't have a sorghum cooking apparatus, but one traveled around and would set up at one farm or another..You hauled your sorghum to the Mill.....I suppose the farms owner got a small portion of the sorghum...and probably got to run his through first. Wood supplied the heat but I don't know who supplied that. We grew the sorghum like corn, and in the fall cut it down after the men had gone through each row and knocked off all the leaves with a sort of wooden sword. . Then they went back through and cut it all down with a blade on a long handle.....Then it was piled up at the side. I can remember cutting off sorghum heads when I was real little..maybe 7 years old. It was SO cold I was crying...remember cutting nicks out of my knees with the big Butcher knife Daddy made from a saw blade. The sorghum was loaded onto a wagon ..all straight and nice, and hauled away....We took some of the seed heads to the house to feed the chickens, but I don't remember Daddy saving all the heads for winter. A mule pulled the long handle{sweep } that was attached to the crusher, and an elderly man sat up under that long sweep and fed the cane into the crusher. The juice came out one side and crushed stalks came out the other..Bagasse, I think they call it. The juice is poured into a big flat pan that has a fir burning under it. Men stir the syrup as it cooks till it get thick...Once Daddy was helping a neighbor make up sorghum and he brought home a quart jar of the golden foam that they had skimmed off..... That pan they cook the syrup in has always fascinated me...They keep on adding fresh syrup to it on one end , and it is stirred, stirred , stirred! The heat from the fires burning under it and the men's paddles causes the liquid to thicken and is moved from one end of the 'pan' to another. It is then drained out into glass jugs or jars and sold or used in the home kitchen as ' Long sweetnin'... On cold winter mornings the delicious thick syrup flowed slowwwllllyyy over the rim of the syrup jar ..It had beautiful amber bubbles in it and they would stretch out like a rubber balloon. Folks said kids were as slow as Sorghum molasses... Sure tasted good when we mixed molasses and butter on our plate, and sopped it up with one of Mama's big flaky biscuits" ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sent to me by a cousin - Thanks, Joy! MaryCarol 1. They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery. If you had to do this to survive, you were "Piss Poor". 2. But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot. They "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low. 3. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt; hence the saying, "Dirt Poor." 4. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As winter wore on, they added more thrush until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way; hence a "thresh-hold". 5. Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "Bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "Chew the fat." 6. Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guest got the top, or "Upper crust." 7. Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait to see if they would wake up; hence the custom of "holding a wake." 8. England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people so they would dig up coffins and take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So, they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night ("The graveyard shift") to listen for the bell, thus, someone could be, "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer". And that's the truth...now, whoever said History was boring!

MAKING SORGHUM MOLASSES This was the latest article published in the Cumberland Lore...Archives Publication by Jeannie Travis - she has given permission to share it. "This nippy Fall weather reminds me of the good old days when times were hard. When I was growing up folks didn't have a sorghum cooking apparatus, but one traveled around and would set up at one farm or another..You hauled your sorghum to the Mill.....I suppose the farms owner got a small portion of the sorghum...and probably got to run his through first. Wood supplied the heat but I don't know who supplied that. We grew the sorghum like corn, and in the fall cut it down after the men had gone through each row and knocked off all the leaves with a sort of wooden sword. . Then they went back through and cut it all down with a blade on a long handle.....Then it was piled up at the side. I can remember cutting off sorghum heads when I was real little..maybe 7 years old. It was SO cold I was crying...remember cutting nicks out of my knees with the big Butcher knife Daddy made from a saw blade. The sorghum was loaded onto a wagon ..all straight and nice, and hauled away....We took some of the seed heads to the house to feed the chickens, but I don't remember Daddy saving all the heads for winter. A mule pulled the long handle{sweep } that was attached to the crusher, and an elderly man sat up under that long sweep and fed the cane into the crusher. The juice came out one side and crushed stalks came out the other..Bagasse, I think they call it. The juice is poured into a big flat pan that has a fir burning under it. Men stir the syrup as it cooks till it get thick...Once Daddy was helping a neighbor make up sorghum and he brought home a quart jar of the golden foam that they had skimmed off..... That pan they cook the syrup in has always fascinated me...They keep on adding fresh syrup to it on one end , and it is stirred, stirred , stirred! The heat from the fires burning under it and the men's paddles causes the liquid to thicken and is moved from one end of the 'pan' to another. It is then drained out into glass jugs or jars and sold or used in the home kitchen as ' Long sweetnin'... On cold winter mornings the delicious thick syrup flowed slowwwllllyyy over the rim of the syrup jar ..It had beautiful amber bubbles in it and they would stretch out like a rubber balloon. Folks said kids were as slow as Sorghum molasses... Sure tasted good when we mixed molasses and butter on our plate, and sopped it up with one of Mama's big flaky biscuits"

WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN MARRIAGES   No BELEW marriages listed.   1860 WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CENSUS   No BELEW families listed.   1880 WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CENSUS   District 7 - Household 217 Freeman, Isaac/W/M/26/Farmer/NC/NC/NC Freeman, Abigail/W/F/25/Wife/Keeping House/TN/TN/TN Freeman, Bula B/W/F/1/Daughter/TN/NC/TN Belew, Anna/W/F/12/Sister in Law/TN/TN/TN   WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CEMETERIES - VOLUME 1   China Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Belew, Inez, 1873 - 1921 Belew, M.T., 1869 - 1944 Belew, Jackie, November 3, 1880 - August 11, 1884, son of J.M. and        S.L.T. Belew, Belew, Mary, 1871 - 1877, daughter of J.M. and S.L.T. Belew  Belew, James, 1870 - 1871, son of J.M. and S.L.T. Belew, Belew, James M., 1844 - 1921 Belew, Sarah L., 1850 - 1921 Belew, Infant daughter of Jesse and Katie Belew, May 20, 1925   Hillis Cemetery Belew, Betty Hall, 1888 - 1932   Meridian Cemetery Belew, Lillie Daisey, April 25, 1883 - August 25, 1958 Belew, Chuck Kimble, April 27, 1958 - December 9, 1958   WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CEMETERIES - VOLUME II   Highland Cemetery Belew, Lyndell Kirby, November 8, 1899 - No Date Belew, Gent Barton, August 19, 1894 - October 17, 1954 Belew, Rowena Barton, 1861 - 1944 Beliew, J.Sam, December 1, 1856 - November 2, 1941 Beliew, (No Name Listed), October 25, 1839 - January 24, 1907 Beliew, Horace Q., June 13, 1913 - May 7, 1934 Beliew, Robert L, October 4, 1903 - September 4, 1938 Beliew,Farrow, August 21, 1882 - January 8,1950 Beliew, Bertha House, April 16, 1886 - October 13, 1945 Belew, Jean Cochran, August 11, 1923 - October 12, 1923, daughter of Mr. & Mrs.              W.P. Belew, Belew, William P., August 25, 1893 - November 15, 1969, Pvt U.S. Marine Corps Belew, Edythe Cochran, 1902 - 19??   Hopewell Cemetery Belew, John Mark, November 5, 1975 - November 7, 1975, Infant son of Clyde &       Marolyn Belew,   Salem Methodist Church Cemetery Belew, Johnnie, June 3, 1872 - June 23, 1896, wife of M.F. Belew, Belew, J.L., 1875 - 1933 Belew, S.B., 1878 - 1965   Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery (Carroll County, TN) Belew,Thelma, May 26, 1914 - No Date Belew, W.D., May 6, 1907 - March 27, 1975   This concludes the BELEW lookup information.

To all the Hall descendants who have followed my search for the first Hall immigrant to the colony of Virginia; the search has ended. It is now known that John Hall who died circa 1777 somewhere in Virginia, leaving 3 heirs: Benjamin, Elizabeth and minor child Mildred, was descended from Thomas Hall and Margery Claxton Hall of Gloucester Co., Virginia. Thomas came to Virginia circa 1640. He and Margery had 3 children: Thomas (Jr.), John and Catharine. Thomas (jr.) died young but left a son, John. John Hall married and left many children, among them a John in each geberation. The connection to this Hall family was made through a DNA match. I am still trying to find the direct line from Benjamin's father, John, to the immigrant. However, the lack of records due to fires, and the abundance of so many John Halls all living at the same time in the same place makes this a daunting task. Just wanted everyone who is descended from Rev. James H. Hall of Weakley Co and his grandfather, Benjamin Hall of Halifax Co. Va. to know who their ancestor was. Grace Hall Upshaw

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Posted: Thursday, December 2, 2010 11:29 am The Press 11/30 James Warren Abney James Warren Abney, 78, of Nashville, died Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 at his residence. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church, Greenfield with Dr. Ricky Ray and Dr. Joe Lusby officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Greenfield with Williams Funeral Home of Greenfield in charge of the arrangements. Abney was born Feb. 2, 1932 in Greenfield, son of the late Willie and Odelle Coats Abney. He was a Baptist preacher. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. June E. Dowdy Abney of Nashville; two sons, Terry Abney of Old Hickory and Mike Abney of Martin; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Web site: williamsfhofgreenfieldandgleason.com <http://www.bowlinfuneralhome.com> Mike Barnett Mike Barnett, 58, of Martin, died Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, Jackson. Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, Martin with Rev. Randy Cooper officiating. Burial was in East Side Cemetery with Murphy Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Hugh Barksdale, Harvey White, Bill Tate, Jeff Ziegler, Paul McAdoo, Jerry Jones, Michael Stooksberry and John Baker served as pallbearers. Barnett was born Dec. 6, 1951 in Martin, son of Modene Puckett Barnett of Martin and the late Charles "Shorty" Barnett. He was a 1969 graduate of Martin High School, a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Martin, a graduate of Martin's Citizens Police Academy, owner and operator of Puckett Lumber Company in Martin, active in the Santa Claus celebration with the City of Martin, member of West Tennessee Antique Car Club and member of First United Methodist Church. He was a 21-year member of the Tennessee National Guard. Survivors also include his wife, Mrs. Cathy Hobbs Barnett of Martin; one son and daughter-in-law, Clint and Charity Riley of Martin; two daughters and sons-in-law, Kristy and Chris Vincent of Martin, Alicia and Brian Webb of Franklin; three grandchildren, Jason Hicks, Kizer Riley and Baylor Webb; and three step-grandchildren, Hunter Vincent, Macy Vincent and Makenzie Vincent. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church Building Fund in Martin. Web site: murphyfuneralhome.net Martha Maness Crim Mrs. Martha Maness Crim, 85, of Trenton, died Friday, Nov. 27, 2010 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Shelton Funeral Home Chapel in Trenton. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:30-8 p.m. tonight and 1 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. Mrs. Crim was born June 21, 1925 in Weakley County, daughter of the late J. B. and Wilsie Capps Maness. She was the widow of Perry Day Crim. She was a graduate of Greenfield High School, and attended the University of Tennessee at Martin and Murray State University in Murray, Ky. She then taught school for two years in Sharon. She was the secretary at Peabody High School for 18 years and attended the First Baptist Church in Trenton for 63 years. She enjoyed playing cards and was an active member of a rummy and two bridge clubs and was happy being a hostess for the Tours of Homes. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Martha Emily and Gary Ross of Germantown, Cathey Day and Eddie Sturgeon of Trenton; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Charles and Sue Maness, Harold and Shirley Maness; three sisters-in-law, Dudley Taylor, Evelyn Albright and Sandra Crim; and one brother-in-law, Johnny Cavender; three grandchildren, Martha Dorian Ross, Kelcie Day and Trip Fountain, and James Tildon Haynes IV Sturgeon; two step grandchildren, Edward Clinton Sturgeon and Madison Leigh Sturgeon; and one great-grandson, Laughlin Britt Fountain IV. She was also preceded in death by one sister, Emily Cavender' one brother, Edward "Vanny" Maness; and two brothers-in-law, Thurmond Crum and Son Taylor. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Trenton. Patsy R. Crotzer Mrs. Patsy R. Crotzer, 76, of Water Valley, Ky., died Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010 at Lourdes Hospital, Paducah, Ky. Private services will be held at a later date. Mrs. Crotzer was born Aug. 26, 1934 in Paducah, daughter of the late Nathan Byrd and Madia Hughes Byrd Truck. She was a homemaker and member of the Jehovah's Witness Church in Fulton, Ky. Survivors include her husband of 38 years, Richard Crotzer of Water Valley; two daughters and sons-in-law, Donna Denise and Kevin Renshaw of Sanger, Texas, Kimberly Kaye and Jerry Brasure of Martin; two stepsons, Timothy Crotzer of Bruceton and Kevin Crotzer of Paducah; one brother, Bill Byrd of Joplin, Mo.; one sister, Joan Adams of Murray, Ky.; five grandchildren, Dianna Wilson of Sanger, Texas, Chad Wilson and Chase Wilson, both of Denton, Texas, Tabitha Yates and Justin Yates, both of Water Valley; and two great-grandchildren, Alyssa Wilson and Caden Wilson, both of Sanger. Condolences may be left online at wwwhornbeakfuneralchapel.com. Doris J. Pickler Mrs. Doris J. Pickler, 64, of Gleason, died Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 at Regional Hospital of Jackson. Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Monday at Tumbling Creek Cemetery, Gleason with Bro. Gene Price officiating with Williams Funeral Home of Gleason in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Pickler was born July 9, 1946 in Gleason, daughter of the late Rufus and Allie Sutherland Goodlow. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Willie Edward Pickler of Gleason; one son, James Edward Pickler of Gleason; one daughter Wanda Hamilton of Sharon; one brother, Ray Goodlow of South Fulton; and two sister, Pauly Goodlow and Diane Goodlow, both of Martin. Web site: williamsfhofgreenfieldandgleason.com <http://www.bowlinfuneralhome.com> Ella Mae Black Wheeler Mrs. Ella Mae Black Wheeler, 82, of Latham, died Monday, Nov. 22, 2010 at the Weakley County Rehab & Nursing Center, Dresden. Services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Bowlin Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Donald Doster officiating. Burial was in New Hope Cemetery, Latham. Mike Freeman, Dillon Blankenship, Charles Allen King, Andy Pollard, Tony Pollard and Jeremy Pollard served as pallbearers. Mrs. Wheeler was born July 23, 1928, daughter of the late John Thomas "J. T." and LuElla McAlexander Black. She attended Gardner Schools and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Carthel D. Wheeler of Latham; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Susie and Ken Henley of Bartlett, Jan Byars of Martin, Diane and Jere Crenshaw of Union City; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Larry and Linda Pollard of Lexington, and Jerry Pollard of Greenville; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Freddie Southerland, Lena Reynolds and Annie Perry; and four brothers, Dock Black, Jimmy Black, Clarence Black and Sebert Black. Web site: www.bowlinfuneralhome.com

  Marriages Weakley County 1843- 4 Sept 1863 > > GROOM                             BRIDE                            DATE > Adkins, William             Grubb, Gemema G.       31 Dec 1857 > Atkins, R.S.                    Goldsby, O.C.                19 Oct 1852 > Atkins, Thomas J.          Phelts, Elizabeth J.        28 Sept 1861                (No Return) > Wood, Miles                   Atkins, Francis               20 Oct 1845 > Brooks, G.L.                   Atkins, Mary E.               16 Dec 1857 > Simpson, William            Atkins, Nancy A.            30 Mar 1856 > Simpson, Levi T.             Atkins, Sarah E.             26 Mar 1856 > WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN MARRIAGES > > Groom                                        Bride                 > Date > Adkins, A.M.                    Arnold, R.A.              19 Dec1875 > Adkins, E.C.                    Cardwell, M.E.             24 Dec1883 >  1840 Census Weakley    > > Adkins, J.R. > 121001-111001 > 1860 WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CENSUS No ADKINS families listed. 1880 WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CENSUS > > No Adkin families listed. ADKINS Vol 1 EASTSIDE CEM Adkins, Essie M., Feb 18, 1909-(no date) Adkins, Elbert R., Oct 16, 1908-(no date) NEW HOPE CEM Adkins, Fred, Aug 19, 1903-July 7, 1962 Adkins, James Edgar, Feb 3, 1876-Nov 1, 1949 Adkins, Theodocia Ellen, Jan 5, 1874-Nov 26, 1953 Adkins, Clara E., June 14, 1901-Aug 18, 1968 Adkins, T.D., 1866-19(no date) Adkins, Phebe A., 1868-1939 Vol 2 THOMPSON CEM Adkins, W.W., Feb 2, 1874-Nov 2, 1947 Adkins, W.D., Apr 28, 1931, Feb 4, 1907 End of ADKINS ______________________________

WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN MARRIAGES   No HARGROVE marriages listed.   1860 WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CENSUS   No HARGROVE families listed.   1880 WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CENSUS   No HARGROVE families listed.   WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CEMETERIES - VOLUME 1   No HARGROVE burials listed.   WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CEMETERIES - VOLUME II   Everett Chapel Pentecostal Church Cemetery Hargrove, Benjamin, August 31, 1837 - April 20, 1910 Hargrove, Minnie V., 1889 - 1968 Hargrove, Charlie Lee, 1885 - 1961   Seminary Cemetery Hargrove, Nora E., 1899 - 19?? Hargrove, J.R. (Bob), 1891 - 1967        Married:  August 1, 1917   This concludes the DANE lookup information.

WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN MARRIAGES   No DANE marriages listed.   1860 WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CENSUS   No DANE families listed.   1880 WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CENSUS   District 2 - Household 131 Wilks, John J./W/M/32/Railroad Hand/MS/NC/NC Wilks, Florence A./W/F/31/Wife/Keeping House/MS/MS/MS Wilks, Vivian A./W/F/7/Daughter/MS/MS/MS/School Dane, John J.W/M/14/Nephew/MS/France/MS/School Dane, Mary E./W/F/16/Niece/MS/France/MS/School Dane, Eddie/W/M/9/Nephew/MS/Farnce/MS/School Taylor, Clinton/W/M/24/Boarder/Railroad Watchman/MS/MS/MS Taylor, Mary/W/F/20/Boarder/NC/NC/NC Taylor, Alice/B/F/20/Cook/TN/?/? Taylor, Herman/B/M/21/Millhand/TN/?/?   WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CEMETERIES - VOLUME 1   Eastside Cemetery Dane, Roy B., March 10, 1917 - June 16, 1976 Dane, Evelyn Nichols, January 13, 1932 - No Date   WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CEMETERIES - VOLUME II Brock Cemetery Dane, Jennie, March 14, 1905 - No Date Dane, Cletus, December 14, 1895 - No Date   Everett Chapel Pentecostal Church Cemetery Dane,Etta, March 13, 1895 - June 24, 1949   This concludes the DANE lookup information.

WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN MARRIAGES   No EMMERS marriages listed.   1860 WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CENSUS   No EMMERS families listed.   1880 WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CENSUS   No EMMERS families listed.   WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CEMETERIES - VOLUME 1   No EMMERS burials listed.   WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CEMETERIES - VOLUME II   No EMMERS burials listed.   This concludes the DANE lookup information.

MaryCarol, Thank you for the fine work you do on the Weakley County website. Have a very merry Christmas. G. Robert "Bob" Farmer, Sr. [email protected] On Dec 2, 2010, at 8:09 AM, MaryCarol wrote: > It's that time of the year again - Weakley County Hompage decorated > for Christmas - Click to see our Christmas Letter plus how to make > Snowman Poop. > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Etnweakle/ > > I have cleaned up the homepage - moved a few things around - Capt > Drewry stuff is under WWI - Terry Coats Train book is under BOOKS - > pj's home remedies, etc are under FARM LIFE - PEOPLE. > > Hope you all have a very Merry and fun filled Christmas Season! > > MaryCarol > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You did a beautiful job with the web page, Mary Carol. Merry Christmas and a big thanks from all of us for what you do. Chuck Speed Amarillo, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "MaryCarol" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 8:09 AM Subject: [TNWEAKLE] MERRY CHRISTMAS > It's that time of the year again - Weakley County Hompage decorated > for Christmas - Click to see our Christmas Letter plus how to make > Snowman Poop. > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Etnweakle/ > > I have cleaned up the homepage - moved a few things around - Capt > Drewry stuff is under WWI - Terry Coats Train book is under BOOKS - > pj's home remedies, etc are under FARM LIFE - PEOPLE. > > Hope you all have a very Merry and fun filled Christmas Season! > > MaryCarol > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

It's that time of the year again - Weakley County Hompage decorated for Christmas - Click to see our Christmas Letter plus how to make Snowman Poop. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Etnweakle/ I have cleaned up the homepage - moved a few things around - Capt Drewry stuff is under WWI - Terry Coats Train book is under BOOKS - pj's home remedies, etc are under FARM LIFE - PEOPLE. Hope you all have a very Merry and fun filled Christmas Season! MaryCarol

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Nita_Newberry Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.weakley/152.281.350/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on a Samuel and Lucy Morris, they were orginally from Va, moved to TN, Weakly county, They had sons, James T Morris, Edward Morris, Abel Morris, Samuel Morris, Do you have any info on this family? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

The following is from some of my research on the lynching in Greenfield. Joe Stout Hanging of Mallie Wilson in Greenfield, TN 1915 Mallie Wilson was born in September 1893 and was living in Greenfield in the 1900 census with his widowed grandmother Martha A. Manuel born in June of 1848. Other members of the family in her household were Franky Watson, a daughter born April 1863 and her son Jimmy Watson born March 1882, Robert Watson born June 1882, granddaughters Minnie Russell born April 1884 and Lottie Wilson born December 1887. All of these born in Tennessee. The 1910 Census shows Frankie Watson as the mother of Lottie and Mallie and Martha Manual as her mother. Also in the household were Snowdie Flinnay age 12 a cousin and Virginia M. Terrell age 3 a granddaughter. In the next household are Elbert and Minnie Terrell ages 28 and 25 who may be the parents of Virginia M. Terrell. Name: Martha Manual Age in 1910: 60 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Birthplace: Tennessee Relation to Head of House: Mother Father's Birth Place: United States of America Mother's Birth Place: Virginia Home in 1910: Greenfield, Weakley, Tennessee Marital Status: Widowed Race: Black Gender: Female Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Frankie Woodson 43 Lattie Woodson 22 Mallie Woodson 17 Snawdie Flinnay 13 Virginia M Terrell 3 Martha Manual 60 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martha Smith Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 8:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Lynching query My dad once told us that he had seen the body hanging where a man had been lynched. He was born October 1900 and lived in Greenfield until about age 14 or 15 (we think) when they moved to Arkansas. This must have been the one you described. Martha Smith

My dad once told us that he had seen the body hanging where a man had been lynched. He was born October 1900 and lived in Greenfield until about age 14 or 15 (we think) when they moved to Arkansas. This must have been the one you described. Martha Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Saunders" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Lynching query > Yeah--that was me that sent out the news last year on the Ralston > lynching. MaryCarol was good enough to put up the data on the Weakley > Website. > > I located a long, graphic article in the Dresden paper about the 1915 > Mallie Wilson lynching--complete with photograph. The other four > happened when newspapers were being published, but evidently no issues > survived to have been microfilmed. > > Richard. > [email protected] + 731-881-7094 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terry L Coats > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Lynching query > > Richard there was another lynching in Ralston around 1878-80 when my GGG > Uncle George Thomas was sheriff. Someone sent me information on a > lynching that occurred when two men were dragged off a NC&St.L train > when it stopped in Ralston for a water stop. > > > I did a quick search upstairs in my research folders for my book but did > not find it. I will try to find it later. > > > Are there not newspapers from the 1890s to cover the first 4 lynches? > > > Terry L. Coats > www.ncstldepots.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Saunders <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:47 am > Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Lynching query > > > Recently I stumbled across mention of several lynchings in Weakley > County: > > > > Loeb Landers in Dresden on 1 Aug 1892 > > Alex Bell in Mt Pelia on 5 Oct 1892 > > L. C. Dumas (no location given) on 8 Jun 1893 > > James Harr (no location given) on 21 Jun 1893 > > Samuel Clay in Martin on 12 June 1896 > > Mallie Wilson in Dresden on 4 Sep 1915 > > > > Five of the six are listed among the lynchings and executions in Crane's > Tennessee's Troubled History (Earle-Shields,1979) but no citations are > given. Newspapers exist that would cover only the last incident. Has > anyone else encountered data or references to these (or any others)? > > > > > > ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***** > > Richard Saunders, Curator > > Special Collections/Univ. Archives > > Univ. of Tennessee at Martin 731-881-7094 > > 10 Wayne Fisher Drive fax 731-881-7074 > > Martin, Tenn. 38238 [email protected] > > > > ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***** > > P Please consider the environment before printing this email-live green. > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > 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 > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN MARRIAGES   No FANNING marriages listed.   1860 WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CENSUS   No FANNING families listed.   1880 WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CENSUS   No FANNING families listed.   WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CEMETERIES - VOLUME I   No FANNING burials listed.   WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN CEMETERIES - VOLUME II   Hopewell Cemetery Fanning, Imogene, August 12, 1907 - May 29, 1909, daughter of  Mr. & Mrs. M.E.           Fanning, Fanning, Vera, October 26, 1889 - April 23, 1931 Fanning, M.E., January 17, 1882 - February 19, 1969   FYI - The following grave is listed with the folks above:           Smyth, Carl, March 27, 1891 - September 6, 1911, son of Polk & Sallie   Fanning, Sue Lester, May 3, 1889 - October 22, 1962, wife of M.E. Fanning Fanning, Harold E., May 16, 1912 - October 18, 1974 Fanning, Evelyn M., May 4, 1913 - November 27, 1977   Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Fanning, Joe, June 6, 1883 - December 10, 1935   This concludes the FANNING lookup information.