HOMECOMING FOR SETTLERS DESCENDANTS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zella Coffman" <coffmancousins@hotmail.com> To: <TNSULLIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:21 PM Subject: 2ND. NOTICE--EAST TN. HOMECOMING/REUNION MULITA-SURNAMES > > > "ATTENTION: 2ND. AND LAST UPDATE TO GENERAL PUBLIC MAILING LIST" > > > SURNAMES ADDITIONS ARE CLOSED, AS NO WAY TO DISPLAY MORE NOW. > GENERAL INVITATION TO THE FAMILIES OF THE SETTLERS OF > EAST TN WHO CAME FROM EVERYWHERE, INCLUDING KENTUCKY, > VIRGINIA, & NORTH CAROLINA*** > > Please do not hit reply to ,<coffmancousins@hotmail.com> > You can't get a reply there!! Send To: > Carl at <CousinsCom2@hotmail.com> Terri at <CousinsCom1@hotmail.com> > > ***WE KNOW MANY MANY NOBLE NAMES CAME TO EAST TN.. AND WE HAVE ADDED MANY > MORE TO THIS OUR 2ND, UPDATE. JUST CAN'T ADD ALL OF THEM*** > > SPECIAL INTEREST INFO. TO ONES COMING AND OTHER HOW HAVE QUESTIONS AND WHO > ARE THINKING ABOUT COMING, AS FOLLOWS: I. We need someone to Please bring a > drug store type scan/printer to Reunion to make copies of data. And to > charge something like 5-10 cents a copy to the people. E-mail first as we > can't use more then two. 2. If some semiprofessional photographers would > like to bring camera equip. they could be use to take group photos as a fair > price. E-mail first please 3. If a couple of your families would like to > bring your laptops, to do look up we certainly would appreciate it. We > simple-ly haven't any budget to use. 4. Some of you have asked about Rv > parking in Knoxville. There's only one in North Knoxville. The "Yogi Bears > Jelly stone Park Camp Resort" Heiskell,Tn. 9514 Diggs Gap Rd. phone > 1-865-938-6600. 5. The Official Group rates Motel For "The East Tn. > Homecoming/Reunion" is The Sleep Inn in north Knoxville at 5460 Central Ave > Pike, phone 1-865-688-7300. If you people will give us a month to take head > count on ones wanting motels, Terri lives in Knoxville and she will get us > all good rates. Send to Terri e-mail <cousinscom1@hotmail.com> later to see > rates. Last year it was near $40 for a 2 full size doubles with discount. > That should about do it. The campground is about. 4 miles away on Clinton > Highway from motel at Powell > > ***OUR SURNAMES FEATURED SHOULD HAVE HOST/ HOSTESS/OTHER FAMILY > MEMBERS TO GREET THEM- BUT PLEASE STOP AT FRONT OF REUNION AND ASK IF WE > HAVE A HOST FOR A NAME, AS SOMEONE MAY NOT SHOW UP, PLEASE*** > > ARNOLD, ATCHLEY, ATKINS, BAKER, BAUMGARDNER/BOMGARDENER, BAXTER, BLACKBURN, > BLAIR, BRADLEY, BROWN, BRUCE, BUNCH, CANNON, CAMPBELL, CATE, CHANDLEY, > CHILDERS, CLARK, COFFMAN/KAUFFMAN/KAUFMAN/KAUFMANN, CONNER, COX, CROSS, > DISNEYS, DUGGER, EDMONDS, ELDER, ELLIS, FOUSTS, FRAKER, GILPIN/GILPEN, > GOFORTH, GRAVES, HAGGARD, HARE, HAVENS, HAYES, HENSLEY, HOOK, HUFF, HUNTER, > HURST, HURTS, JACK, JAGER, JAMES, JONES, KAUFFMAN/KAUFMAN/KAUFMANN/COFFMAN, > KILGORE, KINCAID, KINEHEAD, KIRKPATRICK, KITTS, LARKIN, LARUE, LAWSON, LEGG, > LETHCO, MACKLIN/MCCLAIN/MCLAIN, MCCLOUD, MCDOWELL, MOORE, MORROW, NORMAN, > NORWOOD, OGG, OSBORN, OWEN, PALMER, PARKER, PARKS, PETERS, PICKERING, > POUNDERS, RAMSEY, RENFRO/RENTFREW/RENTFRO, ROACH, ROBBS, ROLLS, SAMPLE, > SANDS, SAUNDERS, SEABORN, SEVIER, SHELTON, SMITH, STRICKLAND, SZALAY, > THOMPSON, TILLERY, VAN BIBBER, WADDELL, WALLACE, WARWICK, WEAVER, WEBBS, > WILLIAMS, WOOD, WYRICK, YAGER, YANON. > ---------------------------------------- > > what: HOMECOMING/REUNION 2002 > > who: Pioneer Families of East TN, KY, and VA > > when: JULY 13-14 > > where: Bell's Campground > Bell's Campground Rd. > Powell, Knox Co., TN > > Powell, Tennessee, is a suburb of Knoxville and is located in North Knox > County. Bell's Campground is off of Clinton Hwy. Those needing hotel/motel > accommodations will need to make them in North Knoxville. > > **STATEMENT OF INTENT** > > This is an open invitation to attend the 2nd annual homecoming/reunion of > our pioneer families that settled, lived, raised their children, and > sometimes died in this area. Some sank deep roots and others moved on, > scattering our ancestors from coast to coast. Our purpose is to have fun, > get acquainted, and swap genealogical information. The above is a list of > the families which we know for sure had ties in early East Tennessee and the > ones we have some information on. However, (Sorry all surnames are CLOSED > Now) Contact Carl at <CousinsCom2@hotmail.com> or Terri at > <CousinsCom1@hotmail.com>. All we ask is that you be willing to act as host > or hostess/greeter for your surname and to share whatever info you have > available. ALL surnames are welcome to attend whether your name is listed > here or not! There will be a wealth of information to share. Plan on > attending please! We Do Need A Head Count, To, NOT over book, However. > (Numbers of persons coming) is needed. We would love to have volunteers for > all the names on the list (except Brown and Coffman, which we have > well-covered) to act as co-hosts/co-hostesses to greet and help people with > their surname feel welcome and to help them meet researchers working on the > same surname. To those of you with East TN roots who don't have much > extended family and therefore don't have a reunion, this is your chance to > bring your immediate family members and join ours. We want everyone to have > fun, feel welcomed, and enjoy themselves. **That's What Tennessee Stands > For: THE VOLUNTEER STATE ** "Where pride walks and the flag flies!"** > We know that we have some college instructors attending who perhaps can be > persuaded to speak. We also have experts and accredited genealogist who > have been researching for 30 plus years. They are ready to share their > information with us. > ---------------------- > > Attendance is FREE . . . but we will have a "donation" jar to offset the > cost for using the campground, tableware, entertainment, and clean up. > > PLEASE PLAN ON ATTENDING AND BRING: > 1. First and foremost yourselves... > 2. ALL BOOKS, BIBLES, PICTURES, FAMILY SHEETS, AND > INFORMATION YOU HAVE AVAILABLE... > 3. A covered dish to share. (For those who are traveling > some distance and for whom this is not a feasible > option, you may either bring a sack lunch or a non- > perishable or deli item that can be picked up at last > minute locally. > 4. Drinks, ice chest > 5. A chair or blanket to sit on...If you are serving as > a host or hostess, you will also need a small table > (card table size or larger) to display your family > information on. > -------------------------- > Last year was our first attempt to pull all these early settlers' > descendants together. As far as we knew, it had never been attempted > before. It was a resounding success for a first attempt, and it was agreed > that it should become an annual event. > This area is so very rich in history, both as an Indian frontier and as an > isolated jewel of Union sympathy during the Civil War. It also served as a > departure point for westward movement and new settlement. > Our ancestors left us a rich heritage, which we are striving to preserve and > pass on to our children and grandchildren. This rich tapestry of ideals and > values is what made us a great nation and what made each of us what we are > today. And it began with our earliest immigrant ancestors who came here to > start a new life and a new country. > COME and SHARE that heritage with us on July 13-14. We are looking forward > to making many new friends!! > Sincerely, > Terri Brown Jurca: <CousinsCom1@hotmail.com>, > 5509 Paula Rd., Knoxville, Tn 37912 > > Carl Coffman: <CousinsCom2@hotmail.com> > 1448 S. Hadley St. > Wichita, Kansas 67213 > > and co-hosted by many more friends and cousins, both locally and via > internet -- too numerous to name individually, but all of whom we thank for > all their help. > /////////////// > PLEASE REPLY BRIEFLY TO ONE OF ABOVE ADDRESSES IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND SO WE > CAN KEEP A HEADCOUNT. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT SO THAT WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR > THE CORRECT NUMBER AND TO TRY TO ASSIST YOU IN FINDING ACCOMMODATIONS. > Thank you.////////////////// > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >