I would like to know that too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephanie Struby" <stephstruby@earthlink.net> To: <TNWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 6:20 PM Subject: RE: [TNWILLIA] Monument companies in Williamson County > Can anyone recommend a good monument company in Williamson County? > > My dad is wanting to purchase a monument for the graves of his > great-grandparents. They are buried on a small hill near Fairview. The > small cemetery is not easily accessible. > > Thanks! > > Feel free to contact me off the list. > > -Stephanie Bragg Struby > > > > ==== TNWILLIA Mailing List ==== > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests > for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest > to researchers of Williamson County, Tennessee. If you have questions > or comments let me know. Gloria Briley Mayfield - LadyTexian@tcainternet.com - > keeper of the list. Williamson County Web Site: > http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/ >

Can anyone recommend a good monument company in Williamson County? My dad is wanting to purchase a monument for the graves of his great-grandparents. They are buried on a small hill near Fairview. The small cemetery is not easily accessible. Thanks! Feel free to contact me off the list. -Stephanie Bragg Struby

Call Joe Fly in Columbia, TN. 931-363-0088. He or someone in his family may be able to help you with this one. He's my cousin. ----- Original Message ----- From: <JONSKELL@aol.com> To: <TNWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 12:45 PM Subject: [TNWILLIA] question - Fly > > > Does anyone know if the Fly community (edge of Maury county)was ever called Fly Station or did the railroad even go thru there? > > thanks > Joe Skelley > > > ==== TNWILLIA Mailing List ==== > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests > for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest > to researchers of Williamson County, Tennessee. If you have questions > or comments let me know. Gloria Briley Mayfield - LadyTexian@tcainternet.com - > keeper of the list. Williamson County Web Site: > http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/ >

I am new to this list and would like to share what information I have in hopes someone will recognize names or make suggestions to me. My ggggrandfather was Samuel ORTEN/ORTON, born Rowan County, NC in 1785. He married Rebecca CAMPBELL in Rowan County about 1805. That I can document. I can also trace Rebecca CAMPBELL's family back a few generations. My real concern and interest is Samuel and his parentage, my brick wall. Samuel and Rebecca had several children, some born in NC and at least two in Tn. Family history says Samuel settled "around Nashville" and that is all. Sometime after 1817 Rebecca died. That can be verified by the birthdate of her last known child. Sometime after that Samuel married Sarah CARTWRIGHT. Samuel and Sarah had one known child born in 1820. Samuel died in 1824. No record has been found of Rebecca Campbell Orten's death, no record of Samuel's second marriage to Sarah CARTWRIGHT has been found. No record of Samuel Orten's death has been found either. Again, by family history, Samuel was a landowner in property "around Nashville". He served in the War of 1812 in Captain John Dalton's Company, 2nd Reg't Tennessee Militia and gave a power of attorney to K V Emery (I think I'm reading that right) to pick up Samuel's pay for service in the war. In the power of attorney form it says Samuel Orten is from Williamson County, Tn. although the power of attorney was executed in Davidson County. Since no land records have been found for property Samuel was supposed to have owned in Tennessee, it has been suggested that wherever his land was, was in an area that the boundaries changed and where the purchase may have been recorded hasn't been located. Samuel allegedly died intestate but if he was a landowner, someone would have had to probate his estate. A search for a will or probate records hasn't been located. I don't believe at this time widows were allowed to handle real estate transactions without some kind of assistance. I haven't found a record of any kind indicating someone was acting on Samuel's estate. If he did in fact own land in Tennessee someone would have had to arrange for the sale of the property after his death. Samuel Orten is alleged to have a brother named Joseph Orten (unproved). The two 'brothers' enlisted in the War of 1812 at the same time. Joseph Orten's parents are unknown also. It is suspected that they are brothers and possibly the sons of John Orten who owned land on the Yadkin River in Rowan County, NC. There appears to be a gap in the family documentation and I suspect a disagreement of some kind within the family may have been the cause of Samuel and Joseph now out there wandering around by themselves with no family to connect to. The Orten/Orton family has always been closely connected to the BRYAN family and there have been marriages between the two families. Samuel's second wife, Sarah Cartwright Orten, upon the death of Samuel, brought the family to St. Genevieve and St. Francois Counties in Missouri where Samuel's oldest son was interested in working in the lead mines. No record has been found of Sarah Orten's death or burial sight. Again, this information comes through family history. No documentation. Whatever help or suggestions anyone cares to make would be greatly appreciated. I can be more specific with details if needed. Thank you. Karen Orten Cannon kcannon@bootheel.net

Thanks, Noel, for your hard work and dedication to this list. Jean Irvin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Noel C. Matthews" <noelm@hypermall.net> To: <TNWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 2:32 PM Subject: [TNWILLIA] 1836 Williamson County Map > I have just finished uploading the 1836 Williamson County map that shows > the various districts. This is an outline map only. You will need to > use a different map to really get accurate locations but at least this > will give you some idea where the districts are located.These are the > origional descriptions and some of them have changed over the years. > Also, a few on the east part of the county were transferred to > Rutherford County when it was formed. > > Some of the copy was hard to read and these will be addes, corrected and > updated as I figure out what should go there. > > The map has not been linked from the main page just yet. Here is the > location: > > http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/history/WmCoDst1836Map.html > > Many thanks to Colleen Campbell Taylor for the map and descriptions. > > I am also working on the 1878 District owners map that shows locations > of land owners for each district. This will be put up district by > district as I can get it done. The first ones should go up this weekend. > > I want to thank Gloria for allowing me to get my foot back in the door > and help her out on the Williamson County web site. I was starting to > have Genealogical Withdrawal and she was kind enough to accept my help. > > Glad to be back among all you nice folks. > > Cheers, > > Noel > > > > > ==== TNWILLIA Mailing List ==== > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests > for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest > to researchers of Williamson County, Tennessee. If you have questions > or comments let me know. Gloria Briley Mayfield - LadyTexian@tcainternet.com - > keeper of the list. Williamson County Web Site: > http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/ >

I have just finished uploading the 1836 Williamson County map that shows the various districts. This is an outline map only. You will need to use a different map to really get accurate locations but at least this will give you some idea where the districts are located.These are the origional descriptions and some of them have changed over the years. Also, a few on the east part of the county were transferred to Rutherford County when it was formed. Some of the copy was hard to read and these will be addes, corrected and updated as I figure out what should go there. The map has not been linked from the main page just yet. Here is the location: http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/history/WmCoDst1836Map.html Many thanks to Colleen Campbell Taylor for the map and descriptions. I am also working on the 1878 District owners map that shows locations of land owners for each district. This will be put up district by district as I can get it done. The first ones should go up this weekend. I want to thank Gloria for allowing me to get my foot back in the door and help her out on the Williamson County web site. I was starting to have Genealogical Withdrawal and she was kind enough to accept my help. Glad to be back among all you nice folks. Cheers, Noel

Thank you for your reply and information. I was asked this question by an old gentleman and I told him I would try to track it down. Thanks again Joe Also, we appreciate your work on keeping this site going - Good Job!!

Liberty is located in northeast Williamson County between Brentwood and Nolensville. Liberty itself grew up around the Liberty Methodist Church. One of the earliest trustees of the Liberty Church was John Fly. He later moved to Maury County and settled what is know as Fly Station However, when he died he was buried in Williamson County on Ragsdale Road. The Liberty school was opened in 1900 on land donated by W. L. and Cynthia Fly. There are also many of the Fly family buried in the Nolensville cemetery. Noel JONSKELL@aol.com wrote: > > Does anyone know if the Fly community (edge of Maury county)was ever called Fly Station or did the railroad even go thru there? > > thanks > Joe Skelley > > > ==== TNWILLIA Mailing List ==== > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests > for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest > to researchers of Williamson County, Tennessee. If you have questions > or comments let me know. Gloria Briley Mayfield - LadyTexian@tcainternet.com - > keeper of the list. Williamson County Web Site: > http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/ > >

Does anyone know if the Fly community (edge of Maury county)was ever called Fly Station or did the railroad even go thru there? thanks Joe Skelley

Thanks, Gerald, this does supply lots of information. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <BGCarwile@aol.com> To: <TNWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:23 AM Subject: [TNWILLIA] Re: 2000 CENSUS Gateway-------VERY Interesting > INTERESTING Information from 2000 Federal Census available at this site..... > > http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html > > Click here: Census 2000 Gateway > > > ==== TNWILLIA Mailing List ==== > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests > for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest > to researchers of Williamson County, Tennessee. If you have questions > or comments let me know. Gloria Briley Mayfield - LadyTexian@tcainternet.com - > keeper of the list. Williamson County Web Site: > http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/ >

INTERESTING Information from 2000 Federal Census available at this site..... http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html Click here: Census 2000 Gateway

MTGS is making a great effort to invite interested folks in all forty counties of our Middle Tennessee area to its regular bi-monthly meetings. We hope you will come to our meetings; find them informative and fun. The Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society will hold its next meeting Saturday, March 20, at the Edmondson Pike Branch of the Nashville Public Library, 5501 Edmondson Pike, Nashville, TN at 1 p.m. Julia Otey Lee (MA Education, Tennessee State; MA, Vanderbilt) is a teacher in the Nashville-Metropolitan School System, a member of the Board of Directors, Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society and the Committee on Slavery and Multicultural Education of Carnton Plantation, Franklin. She has shared her experiences in African-American genealogical research at past MTGS seminars and bi-monthly meetings. Her presentation "Blacks in Blue and Gray" will outline the role of Middle Tennessee African-Americans in Civil War military service, both Union and Confederate, as developed through research in pension records, compiled military service records, Freedmen's Bureau records and regimental histories. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Visit our webite http://www.mtgs.org for more information about our meetings. Hope to see you there, Katheryne Cowan MTGS Webmaster

My Thanks to all for your help and info... I am quite excited about the prospect of getting to go to one ancestral county where I've never visited. If anyone stumbles onto SCONCE or MAYFIELD, please let me know. The SCONCE is definitely mine, and I am still researching MAYFIELD. Thanks again!! Lanita www.lanitasloft.com Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!

Unless something has changed in the last year, there is no charge for researching. You can do your own coping from microfilm readers/printers for 25 cent a page and photocopy from hard copy for 10 or 15 cent (don't remember which). They will copy for you from original manuscript for, I believe that was 25 cent. They are very helpful. If you ask they will give you a quick tour and show you where different information may be found. Ed ----------------------------- See home page at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adams1895

Hello! I have been offline for about 8 months. I am researching Kirk(s), Sampson, and Terry surnames. Thanks! Lisa Komnick

Lanita, I found this note in my files. Hope it is of some help. Please see my web site at the address at the end of this note. My ancestors settled on the West Fork of Mill Creek in 1799. If you find any connection, please let me know. Ed ........................ Williamson County Tennessee County Court Minutes, May 1806-April 1812 by Carol Wells: October1806: Page 13 (227) On petition of James Mayfield John Chapt and Robert Sconce, notice having been given to George Mayfield and John Mayfield, order Richard Hightower, Alexander Smith, Thomas Bradley Colin McDaniel and Samuel Crockett to divide three fifths of 300 acres the balance of a preemption of 640 acres granted to James Mayfield decd on head of West fork of Mill creek of which they are tenants in common. ----------------------------- See home page at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adams1895

Judy - If you have any interest in A.N.B. Brooks, then you may want to review the claim he made against the U.S. Government subsequent to the Civil War. It makes for interesting history and there is a fair amount of information. Depending upon where you are, they would have it on microfilm at the Tennessee State Archives and I strongly suspect that it could be ordered at your nearest Family History Center. Jim Prange > > From: Jhutson926@aol.com > Date: 2004/02/29 Sun PM 10:58:20 EST > To: TNWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNWILLIA] CLIFFE Family > > Do you have any addition information on A.N.B. Brooks? > > Thanks, > Judy > > > > In a message dated 2/29/2004 9:33:02 PM Central Standard Time, > prangejl@bellsouth.net writes: > For your information, D.B.Cliffe was a witness in the "Southern Claim" of > A.N.B. Brooks of Brentwood, TN, in 1872. He provided a brief deposition and was > cross examined regarding Mr. Brooks' claim. In the deposition Mr. Cliffe said > that he (Cliffe) was the U.S. Assessor for the 5th Internal Revenue District > for the State of Tennessee and that he had lived in Franklin for the last 36 > years. He also stated that he was a "Union man" throughout the war. Mr. > Brooks' claim was ultimately rejected. > > Jim Prange > > > ==== TNWILLIA Mailing List ==== > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests > for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest > to researchers of Williamson County, Tennessee. If you have questions > or comments let me know. Gloria Briley Mayfield - LadyTexian@tcainternet.com - > keeper of the list. Williamson County Web Site: > http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/ > >

What is the connection of these families? 1850 Davidson Co., TN.. .also listed in Williamson Co., TN John Purcell 45 farmer VA Judith Purcell 38 VA Sarah Gibbon 36 TN Mary J Gibbon 12 TN Sarah J Gibbon 10 TN MATILDA SCONCE 38 TN Thomas Sconce 14 TN Green Sconce 12 TN Matilda's maiden name was BOYD. Lanita www.lanitasloft.com Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!

Helen, I'll take that one!! Green was Robert JR and Jane MAYFIELD's son! Green and Matilda were my ggggrandparents!! Thanks for checking!! Lanita www.lanitasloft.com Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!

My book has only one Sconce marrying. Green Sconce married Matilda Boyd 23 Feb 1830 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanita Sconce Miller" <ozarkn@southwind.net> To: <TNWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 10:45 PM Subject: [TNWILLIA] MAYFIELD > I am trying to find the marriage license for Robert SCONCE, JR to Jane > [Jenny] MAYFIELD, believed to be the dau. of Sutherlin MAYFIELD.. > > Have conflicting reports that they married in Williamson Co., TN or > Bourbon Co., KY. Would appreciate any help! > > Thanks! > > Lanita Sconce Miller > www.lanitasloft.com > Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! > > > ==== TNWILLIA Mailing List ==== > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests > for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest > to researchers of Williamson County, Tennessee. If you have questions > or comments let me know. Gloria Briley Mayfield - LadyTexian@tcainternet.com - > keeper of the list. Williamson County Web Site: > http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/ >