I live just off Granny White but when I go to the archives I go Granny White so today I drove by the tiny fenced in cemetery. I had always thought that her grave was up on one of the hills. I was looking at some of the old newspapers for something else and ran across a story about Granny White. According to this story, the two children she raised were children of a poor female friend of hers who had died in North Carolina. This was from a paper dated July 26, 1808 and was an interview with Granny White. It says "Communicated for The Clarion" from a Georgia Almanac. The story is about two and a half pages long (typed). Don't know if anyone is familiar with the story or not.

I am very interested in this story - The way I had heard it was that she left NC with her 2 orphaned grandchildren to come to Tenn. about 1800 The courts were going to take the children away because she ws too poor to provide for them. It took her several years to make the trip - they stopped along the way to make money (selling gingercake ). This info came frome an aritcle written by Emily Towe in the Tenn Magazine "A Pioneer in Family Rehabilitation" found in the Edyith Whitley collection in the Williamson Co library. I have wanted to check out the court records in NC but haven't done so yet. One of the graves up the hill from granny White is Willis White,grandson and his family who I understand lived on the property after Granny WHite died. If any one has additional info or know for sure if these were her grandchildren of a friend's children - I would love to have more on this story. Thanks for the information Ruth Lyle Arm6007@aol.com wrote: I live just off Granny White but when I go to the archives I go Granny White so today I drove by the tiny fenced in cemetery. I had always thought that her grave was up on one of the hills. I was looking at some of the old newspapers for something else and ran across a story about Granny White. According to this story, the two children she raised were children of a poor female friend of hers who had died in North Carolina. This was from a paper dated July 26, 1808 and was an interview with Granny White. It says "Communicated for The Clarion" from a Georgia Almanac. The story is about two and a half pages long (typed). Don't know if anyone is familiar with the story or not. ==== 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/