The following entries are from Thomas E. Partlow's WILSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, CHANCERY COURT RECORDS 1842-1892. 1. Bill of complaint of William W. Berry of Davidson County against Osborn Eddings, administrator of William Eddings, of Gibson County; Spencer W. Tally and wife Arminta, Willifm F. Boswell and wife Melissa, Elizabeth Eddings, widow of William Eddings, of Wilson County; James Richardson and wife Jane of Dekalb County; (Landis) Eddings of Montgomery County; Susan Eddings who married (?) and moved to the Western District. 6 June 1843 (Chancery Book D, Pp. 270-280) 2. Bryan, Rodman & Heglin of Pennsylvania versus James M. Allen and William R. Tally, administrators of the estate of Spencer W. Tally. 9 July 1853 (Chancery Court 1850-1954, Pp. 510-521) 3. Robert Patterson versus William P. Tally and James M. Allen, executors of Spencer W. Tally. 24 May 1854 (Chancery Court 1850-1854, Pp. 536-537) 4. Bill of complaint of William Jennings against Peter C. Tally, William R. Tally, and Gideon Tally of Cannon County; James Allen and wife Elizabeth of Dekalb County; and Richard Chumley of Wilson County. 24 September 1856 (Chancery Court 1865-1867, Pp. 110-119) Other Tallys listed in the index are: E. C.; C.; Coleman; Ephraim; James; Mary A.; W. W.; and Winford. If you are interested in these other entries, I will be happy to send them. These are not my family; just doing a lookup for you. Teresa twalker@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Allen" <misterbill@pdq.net> To: <TNWILSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 5:13 PM Subject: [TNWILSON] Araminta > Hi, > > Does someone know where the name Araminta came from? Or what it means? > Is it an Indian name? I hope knowing where it came from or what it > means will give me a hint as to where to look for my Araminta. > > My GG grandparents were Spencer W. TALLEY and Araminta EDDINGS. There > were 2 children (William and Gideon) in the Spencer W. TALLEY household > in Wilson Co., TN in the 1850 U.S. census. I've never found anything > about any of them since then. > > It's enough to make you believe in alien abductions. > > Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> > > ______________________________