I would suggest he was a gatekeeper on the toll road ... many of the roads were maintained by fees paid at the 'tollgate'. I would expect the 'C.U.' was Cumberland University which still exists in Lebanon, TN. Sue Smith TNWILSON-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > TNWILSON-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 151 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [TNWILSON] Bailey McClennahan & Ra [Teresa Harris <tharris@arkansas.ne] > #2 [TNWILSON] Campbell [sjc <sjcamp@swbell.net>] > #3 [TNWILSON] Re: TNWILSON-D Digest V [GrandyandPops@cs.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from TNWILSON-D, send a message to > > TNWILSON-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TNWILSON] Bailey McClennahan & Rachel Chumley m 1840 > Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 21:04:23 -0700 > From: Teresa Harris <tharris@arkansas.net> > To: TNWILSON-L@rootsweb.com > > Seeking marriage record or family of Bailey McClennahan and wife Rachel > Chumley. Believed to have married in Wilson Co., TN 28 Sept 1840. Have > marriage records for this period been published? If so, can someone do > a lookup? > > If this is your family I have information to share. > > Teresa Burnham Harris > tharris@arkansas.net > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TNWILSON] Campbell > Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 10:17:40 -0500 > From: sjc <sjcamp@swbell.net> > To: TNWILSON-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello, > > Once again, looking for any information on the CAMPBELLs of Wilson > County. That would be the line connected with HEARN, DOBSON, CLEMMONS, > BROWN, RAE, ?McCOY?, HEWGLEY, etc..... > > Thanks much. > > Sandy > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TNWILSON] Re: TNWILSON-D Digest V01 #150 > Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 11:47:57 EDT > From: GrandyandPops@cs.com > To: TNWILSON-L@rootsweb.com > > I am curious as to what a gatekeeper might have been in 1860. My > g-g-grandfather Isaac Stone was listed as a gatekeeper in the 1860 Wilson Co. > Tn. census.He was in civil dist. 10, P.O. Lebanon. > > The next family was listed as Min. and Pres. of C.U. University. > Does this University still exists and if so, at the same location? > Would they have records of employees that far back? > > It has been suggested: > 1.Gatekeeper at the University > 2. Gatekeeper across land where a fee is charged > 3. Gatekeeper across a body of water where a fee is charged. > > Isaac Stone was listed as age 74 at the time. > > Can anyone help me? > Thank you, > Ruth