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Queries May 1999

Queries May 1999

  BOYET, JERNIGAN, KILLINGSWORTH Looking for Info. on Jehu BOYET [D]1814 and wife K(C)atherine KILLINGSWORTH [D]1860 my ggg grandparents. Etheldred BOYET and wife Priscilla JERNIGAN each past on in Bedford County in 1830 and 1836 my gggg grandparents Decendent from Edward BOYET and wife Abigail of N.C. Ralph Bryant — 5553 46 Ave. N., Kenneth City, FL 33709 nitrox [at] tampabay [dot] rr [dot] com Submitted on Mon May 31 19:04:02 EDT 1999     WISE, TILLETT Searching for info on my…

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History of Bedford County Links

History of Bedford County Links

  History of Bedford County Goodspeed History of Bedford County Information on the community of Rover. An image from Harper’s Weekly, October 18, 1862, captioned: “Shelbyville, the Only Union Town of Tennessee” Historical Address of Judge H .L. Davidson at the Centennial Celebration of the Tennessee Historical Society, July 4, 1876 (provided by Steve Carson) History records in the USGenWeb Archives  

Genealogy Groups

Genealogy Groups

  Name Address Contact Meeting Schedule Bedford County Historical Society P. O. Box 141 Shelbyville, TN 37162 Facebook Page Usually held at the Shelbyville First Methodist Church, 6:30 P.M. Third Monday of March, June, September, and December Chestnut Ridge Cousins 206 E. Franklin St. Shelbyville, TN 37160 Bobby ProsserWeb site  They have an annual reunion meeting somewhere in the 4 county area.  Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society, Inc.  Post Office Box 330948 Nashville, TN 37203-7507 Click here for the MTGS Information…

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Volunteer Lookups

Volunteer Lookups

  Carolyn Odle Smotherman has a wide variety of Bedford Co. materials. – We also have a volunteer that will do lookups from the following book: The Cook Family in America Bedford County, Tennessee. It was published in 1973 by Jerry Wayne Cook of Normandy, Tennessee. It appears to be a very detailed book dealing with the descendants of Thomas and Milly Cook from 1770-1973. There is a very good index. There are many Xeroxed copies of pictures, transcribed legal papers, etc. The…

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Archived Queries for December 1996

Archived Queries for December 1996

  Jackie Krear Mon Dec 30 22:18:09 1996 Seeking wills on any CARNEY prior to 1899. Deeds, pertaining to a John Carney would also be used. Douglas L. Foster Tue Dec 31 13:42:49 1996 CANNON: Any information relative to the Minos CANNON who resided in Madison County, AL and died there testate in 1853. Believed to be a brother of Willis CANNON of Bedford county and of Augustus CANNON of Lincoln County. The Will of this Minos CANNON was probated in Bedford…

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December ’98 Queries

December ’98 Queries

LEE,SHELBY Im looking for any info about Washington Levi Lee b.1825 married to Martha Emeline Shelby b.1824 in Shelbyville moved to TX about 1857 any info would be great thanks joe baker — 7241 w. ave a-2, lancaster, CA 93536 jbaker8782 [at] aol [dot] com Submitted on Thu Dec 31 11:35:03 EST 1998 WEST,THOMASON,KECK,GHEE I am looking for info on the WEST family from Bedford Co., TN. I know they came to Normandy, TN in covered wagons. My gggrandfather was a small…

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December, 1999 Queries

December, 1999 Queries

HALE, HAIL, HAILE Am searching for information about Margaret (Maggie) HALE, b. 1848 inTennessee. Family stories say that Maggie was part Cherokee. We arenot sure who her parents were. She cannot be positively identified in the 1850 or 1860 Tennesseecensus schedules, when she would have been 2 and 12 years old,respectively. One parental possibility is Reuben Hale, listed inBedford County in 1850, 1860, and 1870; he was born in 1814. He isenumerated with his wife Harriet, born 1818, and several…

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Archived Queries for August 1996

Archived Queries for August 1996

  Alice Sat Aug 3 19:24:44 1996 Taylor–Grayson Co, TX; Cocke Co Tennessee; Benton Co Arkansas; KY. William Nathanial Taylor, born April 23, 1882 in Cocke Co TN. Married Bertha Grammer in Grayson CO, TX. Seeking information on ancestors/decendents of Hugh and Diana Taylor. Diana was the daughter of Lidge Lewis of KY(?). Their son, Dan or Daniel Taylor, was a circuit preacher. He disappeared around 1882/84, probably Cocke Co, TN. Believed to have drowned. Neither he nor his horse were…

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May 1998 Queries

May 1998 Queries

  JAMES My gggrandmother was Susan(Sukey)James who is buried in S.E.Okla. Believe she was half Chickasaw,because I found her name on a Chickasaw Annuity Roll. Trying to find her parents names and I’m tracing a William James who is listed as a Trader and Packhorseman in the Chickasaw Nation in 1766. Any Chickasaw historians with more information? Thanks, Robert Reed Robert Reed bobreed [at] macomb [dot] com Submitted on Sun May 31 23:18:55 EDT 1998     BRATTAIN Need info…

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Archived Queries May 2000

Archived Queries May 2000

  WOMACK Need descendants of Dave Womack and Elizabeth/Betsy Womack who weresupposed to be cousins. Some of issue:Charles, Andrew Jackson,Alexander and William R. Possibly 2 or 3 females.Think I have found Elizabeth and her sons in Scott Co. AR. Fate ofDave unknown. Why didn’t they go with other Womacks to Pike Co. AR? They are on the 1860 Scott census.I descend from Charles and his wife Sarah. They were both dead inSCott Co. by 1865. Their four young children were…

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