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Subject: re: Friley Martin

Date: 03/29/2015

Submitted by: Sandy Martin

I too am searching for Friley Martin (b. abt 1803 TN) d: (unknown at this time.) wife #1 Martha CRENSHAW m. 11 Mar 1833 Sumner, TN wife #2 Martha A Lack m. 9 Jan 1851 DeKalb, TN unknown if any possible children from wife #2. Also on his two sons from wife #1: 1. JOHN C MARTIN b 1834 TN (no further info known at this time.) 2. JAMES FRANKLIN MARTIN (SR.) b 1835 in Maury, TN d. 1862 Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas Wife: Ellen Jane unknown (to our family) James Franklin Martin and Ellen Jane (unknown) had two sons known to us. a. William Alexander Martin b. 4 Feb 1861 Veal Station, Parker County, Texas d. 5 Dec 1938 Dallas County, Texas Wife: Mary Grace Herron m: 28 Sep 1892 Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas b. James Franklin Martin (Jr.) b. 24 Apr 1863 Parker County, Texas d. 28 Aug 1903 wife: Fannie R Witten b. 18 Apr 1867 Ellis County, Texas d. 20 Oct 1895 Venus, Johnson County, Texas Further info needed on family connections to FRILEY Martin and his eldest son JOHN C MARTIN. Death date for Friley is unknown at this time. Known records for Friley Martin are: 1836 Early Tax List Records 1783-1895 Cannon, TN 1840 Census De Kalb, TN 1850 Census De Kalb, TN District 14 NOTE: I had found the following inquiry several years ago: Paul Foster Sun Mar 30 04:14:51 1997 MARTINS, Alexander MARTIN b. 19 Nov 1797 is my gr-gr- grandfather through Nathaniel PARKER. I understand that his wife was Martha (Patsey) GAMBRELL. I would like to know where this info came from? Also that his parents were Matthew and Nancy (Moore) MARTIN, where did this info come from? He had at least three brothers Abram, Matthew T. and Friley MARTIN, is this all or did he have other brothers and sisters? Thanks Paul. paulfoster2@juno.com Thanks for any help.

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Subject: re: Jeff Jackson

Date: 10/10/2014

Submitted by: Ruth Linder

Please contact me, and I will send you a file of what I have.

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1179a

Subject: re: Lola Robinson Medley

Date: 10/10/2014

Submitted by: S. L. Wright

Christopher C. Robinson, MD, was my great grandfather... Lola Robinson was the daughter of Christopher Robinson and his second wife, Mary Driver. Christopher Columbus Robinson, the youngest child of Alexander and Rachel (Barnes) Robinson was born in Putnam County, TN, 11 October 1846. During the Civil War, at the age of 15, he enlisted in Company I, 4th TN Union Cavalry. His older brother, George, was killed in the Civil War. His brother John, who was in Illinois studying law, at the time, enlisted there in the Union Army. After the war, Christopher studied medicine, probably "reading medicine" with a prominent doctor in the area. Christopher C. Robinson married (2) Mary Driver, b. in 1852. They had one child, Lola Robinson. Lola Robinson married John Medlin/Medley and they had two sons, John and Odell Medlin. After Lola's premature death, John Medlin, who sometimes went by the name Medley, is difficult to find in the records. Hope this is of some help. ~sl~

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Subject: re: Lola Robinson Medley

Date: 10/17/2014

Submitted by: Lori Ann Medley Reinhall

Thank you for your post. I am the granddaughter of Lola Robinson and John Medlin/Medley. I live in Seattle, Washington. My father, John Medley, settled there after the WWII. He was stationed at Fort Lawton after the war. He had fallen in love with the majestic mountains of Switzerland while doing service in Europe and decided to stay in the Pacific Northwest, where the landscape is similar. I will try to post other information about my grandfather. My uncle, Jan Medlin, will have a great deal to share with us. I am very happy to make contact with you.

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Subject: re; Braswell

Date: 10/27/2014

Submitted by: Loretta Inglis

I have that Aaron Braswell's father was Arthur Braswell, b. 1730, d. abt 1819. Arthur's parents were William Braswell, b. abt 1695 Isle of Wight, VA, d. aft 04 Mar 1785 Nash Co., NC and Margaret ?, b. bef 1703 Bertie Co., NC. Aaron's siblings were Henry Braswell, David Braswell, and William Braswell.

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Subject: re: Braswell Cemetery

Date: 05/07/2014

Submitted by: David Johnson

There were several Braswell Cemeteries. I looked for the burials of William and Amanda Braswell, and they are buried in the one that is also known as Dunham Cemetery. That one is located about 1/2 mile below Center Hill Dam on State Route 141. If you go to Center Hill Dam, highway 96 crosses the dam, and there will be a road turning off of highway 96 to the north off it from the west side of the dam, immediately at the dam. The directional sign there will say "Lancaster". You can see the Braswell Cemetery and the stones in rows behind a house and out buildings on a satellite view (switch to that view and zoom in) on Google maps at the TNGenWeb cemetery database here: http://www.tngenweb.org/cemeteries/index.html#!cm=1313864 Two of Timothy Prichard and Amanda Braswell's children were buried in Nixon Cemetery on the lake side of the dam which cemetery is now under the water of the lake. Those two children were disinterred from the Nixon Cemetery in the 1940's before it was flooded by the lake and were reinterred in Mount Holly Cemetery. I have pages for those two Prichard children in the Mount Holly section of this website in "Cemetery Transcriptions". I also have a map of the Mount Holly Cemetery that was donated for DeKalb TNGenWeb which shows the section numbers and the grave numbers. The cemetery has no markers still in existence showing the section numbers, but since the grave for Orba Prichard was only marked with a 4-inch-square brass plate on concrete, flat with the grass (and takes work to find if the grass overgrows them), the plate tells the lot (12) and grave number (18). Willie Prichard has a stone there. From the map which gives all these numbers also, I can locate the graves, and I know from memory that it is in the middle of the Nixon lot. I have just now uploaded that map to this web site, but until it is finished, it is only accessible through the link here below. For you I have highlighted lot 12 on it. The graves in that lot have numbers. The main road that passes by the cemetery would cross the bottom of the map, and the church would be to the left side of the map. The heavy black lines are the roads inside the cemetery. Link to cemetery map: ../cemetery/Mt_Holly_Cem_Photos/mt_holly_map.jpg

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1169a

Subject: re: Wright Family

Date: 08/23/2014

Submitted by: Gary Wright

James, I have information concerning O. B. Wright and the Wright family of White and DeKalb counties. Would be happy to share. Gary

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Subject: re: Pack, Petty & Mahaffey clan

Date: 05/06/2014

Submitted by: David Johnson

To answer a few of your questions, John and Maria Pack were originally buried in Martha Pack cemetery, and the location of that cemetery is now under the water of Center Hill Lake on the Caney Fork River. When the dam was built that created that lake in the 1940's, the Army Corps of Engineers, who were in charge of building the dam, had to hire people to dig up all the graves they could locate in the soon-to-be-flooded area, and the land for Mount Holly Cemetery was set aside by the government as a place to relocate those graves. DeKalb County was not hit hard by fighting during the war. The only fighting was a small skirmish between Morgan's men of the Confederate army and Stokes men of the Union side near Liberty and Snow Hill in March of 1863. Other than that the county was hit hard by criminals who took advantage of the lack of government and the lawlessness of that period. With the criminals stealing and extorting and both armies taking whatever they wanted from the DeKalb Countians, there was poverty and fear for one's life in DeKalb County, but not from local battles. November 17 and 18, 1862 were not days of battle anywhere in the Civil War. John Pack may not have died in battle, but many died of various diseases. At that time, most of Tennessee's armies were gathering in Tullahoma and at Stones River prior to the Battle of Stones River at Murfreesboro, TN.

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Subject: re: Cemeteries in DeKalb County

Date: 04/16/2014

Submitted by: David Johnson

Yes, it was. The cemetery is located close to the Mountain View Baptist Church on Four Seasons Road, which is just an extension of Bright Hill Road going east to Young's Bend of the Caney Fork River. On the death certificate, they were referring to that church. The cemetery is just east of and across the road to the north from the church. The cemetery is the first of three cemeteries along that Road, and is at the crossing of Bill Cobb Road and Young Green Road.

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Subject: re: Felix Badger

Date: 03/24/2014

Submitted by: David Johnson

- DeKalb Co., TN marriage: Felix Badger to Didama Cope on July 3 1866- his wife in 1870 census. - 1860 White Co., TN census, Dist. 5, hh 749/734; Andrew Crane head; F. A Badger, 49, dentist (not with his wife Sarah and children- divorce?) - 1860 White Co., TN census, Dist. 4, hh 586; Sarrah Badger, 48 NC with son Peter F., 15, TN (from 1870 household) - 1850 census of Van Buren Co., TN, Dist. 7, hh 270/270; F. A. Badger 39 TN (living with wife Sarah) - 1840 White Co., TN; Felix A. Badger - 1880 Peter Badger in White Co., Dist 5, head of hh. Also go to the following link and choose a county, and you can browse the microfilm images of the Wills to maybe find his father. Warren Co., TN also touches these counties: TN County Probate Records from familysearch.org

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Subject: re: McKinley's in DeKalb County

Date: 03/24/2014

Submitted by: David Johnson

The Tennessee law prohibits a birth certificate being released to the public before birth is 100 years past. Unless you have applied to the TN State Dept. of Health to get a copy of the birth certificate (for you they call it a "verification of facts"), you cannot know that there is no birth certificate. It will not be on the internet. If you have applied to get a copy, then you are right, and there will not be another document to tell you reliably. You can get the information you need to apply to get your mother's birth certificate at these links: http://health.state.tn.us/Vr/Genealogy.htm and http://health.state.tn.us/Vr/PDFs/ph-3061.pdf To order, you'll need the full birth date. If you have questions, you can call them at: 615-741-1763 or 1-855-809-0072

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Subject: re: Cantrell

Date: 09/07/2014

Submitted by: Maty Sue Cope Holmes

I have an extensive collection on DeKalb County Cantrell-Cantrill, Cope, Webb, books, copies we researched all over including Smithville and Mc Minnville and will be happy to share information. Briefly, I found Benjamin in the 1870 DeKalb, Tennessee, #169, 54 years of age. Perry, Age 37, 1870, DeKalb census #205. Benjamin, age 16,1850 Census, DeKalb, #1136, father listed as Green. I found John and Moetta Adcock Chisam, as parents of Vacie Chism who married Joseph Tilden Green on October 1, 1899 in DeKalb County, Tennessee. Vacie was born 16 Sept 1881 and died in Nashville, TN. The Greens had 4 children: Johnny Green, Marcella Green, Eva Green Ammon Robert (Bobby) born 1909, White County, professional boxer won Southern Welterweight Championship.He was an electrician and owned Dusty Roads Tavern in Nashville, TN. He married Evelyn ______ and had children: Bobby, James, Gail, Sandra and Janie. The last part taken from The Webb Families and 23 Related Families of DeKalb County by Thomas Gray Webb. DeKalb County Historian. I am more than happy to research this more deeply if you wish. I just saw your request late last night.

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Subject: re: County Confusion

Date: 10/29/2013

Submitted by: David Johnson

You are right White is one county and DeKalb is the adjoining county. There is no town named DeKalb, White Co., TN. I see the following in the 1860 census: ** 1 living at Franks Ferry in White Co., TN. This can be found on Google maps. Franks Ferry Road in White County is where the ferry crossed the Caney Fork River between DeKalb Co., TN and White Co. This is far enough south that none of this area is or ever was in DeKalb Co. The household is seemingly kin to the other Drivers. ** 15 households in DeKalb Co., TN. Resided in the north area of DeKalb Co., TN. Alexandria was in the northwest corner of the county with several there (so then take notice of the Drivers in Cannon Co. and the ones in Wilson Co. because Alexandria is on the DeKalb/Wilson/Cannon Co. corner). Liberty has some and is just a few miles away from Alexandria (to the south). Liberty is on Smith Fork, a small creek/river that runs to the west. Also to the west is Temperance Hall, DeKalb Co., also right on Smith Fork. Smithville is about the middle of DeKalb Co. and some are there, but it attracts because it is the county seat. Watch for the ones in Smith Co., TN just to the north. All these are a pocket of kin. Seems they came from NC. Deeds show that Burrell Driver from NC was on Smith Fork in 1802. Giles Driver was there in 1811. In 1819 Giles was at the big spring at Colvert's Lake. From "A Bicentennial History of DeKalb Co., TN" by Thomas Webb (in my possession): "Tradition says that the wolves were so numerous that in 1819 when Giles Driver moved to Fall Creek that he pinned his hogs in the chimney corner so the wolves would not kill them." In 1841 Giles Driver gave the land to build the Methodist Episcopal Church at Smithville. DeKalb Co was formed at the very end of 1837; so the early records are in Smith County. You won't find the family in White Co., but mostly in Smith County early, and later in DeKalb after that area was divided out north of the Smith Fork. Before 1806, the Smith Fork River was near the boundary between the Indian lands and Smith Co. It was illegal to cross the line, and only a couple of people did. In 1806 a treaty opened that up, and Warren County was formed from the Indian area south of Smith Fork.

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1152a

Subject: re: McDole or McDowell 1810-1870

Date: 05/31/2014

Submitted by: Elisa McDole

I married Ron McDole. His father is Elton Clay McDole.Elton's father was James. We believe Felix McDole was James' father, but we can't get any further back. Possible relationship?

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1142

Subject: re: Isaac Whaley death

Date: 03/04/2013

Submitted by: Corena Jones

Mary, I found a Nancy "Nan or Nannie" Melinda Hawkins in Cannon County married Oct. 26th 1884 to John Hayes Enos in Cannon County. Nancy was his 2nd wife, she was born June 5th 1865 and died Sept. 29th 1935. In the 1900 census these children were listed: Hattie Enos age 14, Oct. 1885-1950, Annie Enos age 11, June 1888-1972, Georgia Enos age 7, Nov. 1892?-1917, Jennie Enos age 6, Aug. 1893-4-1975, Hettie Enos age 2, Sept. 1897-9- 1941, also found an Etta Mae 1902-1990 and a Johnie N. Enos Aug. 4th 1891-2-Jan 3rd 1893. I came across this when I was looking up my great uncle Delter Youngbloods father Hayes Enos. The Youngblood and Enos family were neighbors on Parched Corn Rd., which is located in the Blues Hill community. I'm starting to do some searching on Nancy Hawkins, because my great aunt Zora Francis Jones Hawkins whose husband was Johnny Hawkins, I think Nancy is his aunt. Let me know if she is the one you're looking for.

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1141a

Subject: re: John & Rillie C. Bogle

Date: 03/10/2013

Submitted by: Howard Johnson

Hi, I remember John and Rillie Bogle. They lived on Pea Ridge at one time. They have a son name Vernon Lee. He lives in Woodbury now. I helped uncle John gather corn back in the 50s; so I knew them. Thanks. Hope this helps. Howard

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Subject: re: re: John & Rillie C. Bogle

Date: 03/13/2013

Submitted by: Donna Graves Ferrell

Their tombstones were found leaning against the yard fence on the property my bro purchased a few months ago, want to find where they belong & return them to their proper place.

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Subject: re: Vickers cemetery in DeKalb

Date: 08/29/2013

Submitted by: Holly Battle

You might want to check out Brother J H Grime's early recollections. His wife was Eliza Vickers if memory serves. This would be mid 1800's. If this sounds like a lead for you, I can look up the specific dates and list my sources for you.

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Subject: re: Bennetts

Date: 01/26/2015

Submitted by: Jeanne Radford Garner

I have some info about our Bennett's on my Family Tree web site. I can't remember off hand how much but did lots of research with my Cuz who lives in Tn. on them. Here is the address: www.tribalpages.com Our tree site is: A Small Leaf That Sprouted from A Branch Grew Into Our Family Tree {Not my idea on the name} Good Luck! Jeanne

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Subject: re: Joel Foster

Date: 07/20/2013

Submitted by: Laverne Buckner

Joel Foster was my great-grandfather's grandfather on his mother's side.

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1127a

Subject: re: John S. Alcorn and Sarah (Sallie) Love

Date: 09/20/2012

Submitted by: David Johnson

By the 1850 census it seems the marriage might have been about 1847. The marriage records in the area were slim to nothing then, and theirs is not found. I find in the censuses that John and Sarah Alcorn and children are in Putnam Co. in 1860, Williamson Co. in 1870, Rutherford Co. in 1880. John is with son James K P Allcorn in Rutherford Co., TN in 1900 and widowed. Not found after that; so presumably John and Sarah died in Rutherford Co., TN. They had a son George W. who is found in the 1900 census of Rutherford Co., TN at age 38. Following George W. Alcorn for a death certificate finds him still in Rutherford Co. in 1910 and 1920, but missing in 1930. George's Rutherford Co., TN death certificate #6173, March 29, 1927, states father was John Alcorn and mother was "Miss Love", proving her maiden name. He was buried "Jackson's Ridge". Maybe parents buried there also. All the Loves in that area of DeKalb Co., TN where John Alcorn lived in 1850 with Sarah were descendants of William Franklin Love and Rachel McCool, who were both born and married in SC, moved to Sullivan Co., TN and then to Smith Co., TN. William and Rachel were in the 1820 Smith Co., TN census, residing on the east of the Caney Fork in the area that would later become the Laurel Hill area of DeKalb Co. (1860- District 16). William died Feb 18, 1821 in Smith Co., TN according to his Rev. War pension application and could not be the father of your Sarah, b. abt. 1824. She most likely is daughter of one of his sons, based on her location. The 3 sons and at least one daughter who moved to the area lived either in Smith Co., TN near the DeKalb Co. TN border (Hezekiah Love- 1850), or in DeKalb Co., TN district 7 (Hezekiah's brother, John M. Love- 1850). District 8 is where John Alcorn and Sarah were in 1850 and is the south boundary of District 16. Both districts were on the east of the Caney Fork River. In the 1860 census district 16 of DeKalb Co. was formed from Smith Co., TN and Hezekiah Love is found there in a place named after his family- Love Valley. He lived at the intersection of Buffalo Valley Road and Love Valley Road- likely this is where William Franklin Love and Rachel McCool had lived. Another brother of John and Hezekiah, named Robert Lee Love, died in district 8 in October 1859 according to the 1860 mortality schedule. His children are unknown. He could be of the right birth date (1799) to be father of your Sarah Love Alcorn. I do not know where he was in 1850. Hezekiah's brother, John M. Love, born 1808, had a daughter named Sarah, b. 1848, and is not father of your Sarah. Hezekiah, b. 1811 is too young to be father of John Alcorn's wife, Sarah, b. abt. 1825. By the list of Hezekiah's children in 1850 and 1860, all listed there were born later than 1825, in the 1840's. There is a copy of William Love's pension application, applied for by his wife, Rachel, resident of Smith Co., TN, for his service in SC. Hezekiah Love made an affidavit as their son in 1840, and Hezekiah was stated as resident of Smith Co., TN. There was mention in the 5 page application that a list of the names and ages of William and Rachel's children had been attached to the application, but Heritage Quest, where I found the application, did not see fit to copy that in their file copy. The Love and McCool ancestry is proven at least one more generation back from William Love and Rachel McCool. No chance of a single Indian there; however, it remains that Robert Lee Love's wife, if any, is at present unknown. I cannot vouch for her race.

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Subject: re: John S. Alcorn and Sarah (Sallie) Love

Date: 04/10/2015

Submitted by: Ann Shoults

Sarah Alcorn was the daughter of Robert Love. Robert died in Oct 1860 from typhoid fever( DeKalb Co TN mortality schedule 3 page 4) Sarah inherited 1/8 interest in the 200 acres Robert owned. This is proven in a Deed Book V p. 139-140 March 24th 1894. John Alcorn & wife Sarah Alcorn Deed to W. C. Love 1/8 interest of 200 acres on land which Nancy Love lived from 1860 til her death in 1891. Robert Love was the son of Lt. William Love. He married twice. His first wife is unknown, possibly a Braswell. They had three daughters: Margaret ( Peggy) m Henry Puckett, Sarah m John Alcorn, Rebecca. Second he married Nancy Rackley. They had nine children: Nancy Jane m Wm Megguson, Luther Green m Nancy Allen, Hezekiah Franklin m 1 Rebecca Page 2 F Trusty, John W, Lucy m Elijah Pedigo, Louisa m John Wes La Fever, Telitha, Andrew Jackson, Wm Carroll. John and Sarah were my second great grandparents. I will gladly share any information I have with you.

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Subject: re: Vickers Cemetery Visit

Date: 11/14/2012

Submitted by: Martha Jane Jones

I have just started looking for my great grandfather William Thomas Vickers's family. My great grandfather lived in Bluff City, TN with his wife Mattie Cornelius Warren Vickers. My grandmother was Willie Mae Vickers who married Elcana Spivey and later George McGuire. My great grandfather didn't talk much about his family, but gave a picture of his mother and father(John Vickers and Lucy Tibbs) to my mother. The birth certificate that I have found does not list Lucy Tibbs as his mother, but Mary Jane Edge. I am still trying to figure this out. My mother said that she remembers a lady coming to Bluff City saying that she was William T Vickers's daughter. My research so far reveals William T marrying a Laura Bratcher in 1900, but I'm also having trouble finding more info on Miss Bratcher. I would love to know where this cemetery is as I have read of numerous Vickers buried in a Vickers cemetery.

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Subject: re: William Thomas Vickers

Date: 11/15/2012

Submitted by: David Johnson

Not related, just helping. This is complicated and confusing because one marriage record is in error it seems. You also need to recheck my facts and sources yourself. Your photo might not be of whom you think it is? The Hamblen Co., TN delayed birth certificate of your grandmother, Willie Mae Vickers, b. 1907 in Hamblen Co., TN, shows that her father, William Thomas Vickers was born at Alexandria, DeKalb Co., TN and was age 73 in 1953 and therefore born about 1880. Since you did not have all this information, a generation in your query was skipped: The father of Willie Mae Vickers, b. Sept. 7, 1880 in Alexandria, DeKalb Co., TN, was named William Thomas Vickers Jr; therefore his father was also William Thomas Vickers, Sr. of DeKalb Co., TN. William Jr's delayed birth cert in Hamblen Co., TN gives this birth with parents William Thomas Sr and Mary Jane Edge, both born in Alexandria, DeKalb Co., TN. I have seen the Bristol Co., VA marriage record of William [Jr] to Mattie Warren in 1906, and his parents stated there as JH and LA are wrong, and in that record for some reason his aunt and uncle were stated as his parents. This William was born 3 years before John Harden Vickers married Lucy Ann Tibbs. If William was son of John, there has to be an explanation as to why William is never in the census in John's house even as a small child and why William was born 3 years before John and Lucy married. Square peg in a round hole. DeKalb Co., TN marriage records: W. K? Vickers to M. J. Edge March 26, 1874. This was William Sr, your great-great-grandfather. It was not this person, but SEEMINGLY your grandfather, William Thomas Vickers Jr, who married Laura Bratcher in 1900. She seems was his first wife. Your confusion seems to be due to skipping a generation, confusing Sr with Jr and due to the strange marriage record to Mattie Warren. I know that William Sr and Mary J. Edge were still alive and were still married and residing in DeKalb Co., TN in both the 1900 and 1910 census; so William Sr did not remarry. In the 1880 Dist4 DeKalb Co., TN census, William Sr. was b. abt. 1846 TN, age 34. William 34 TN [William Thomas Sr] Mary J. 26 wife TN John W. son 5 TN Columbus son 3 TN Claude son 1 TN The son Columbus Harden Vickers, born DeKalb Co., TN, has a Rutherford Co., TN death certificate naming William Vickers and Mary Jane Edge as parents. He seems to be named after Harden Vickers, whom I believe is the father of William Thomas Vickers, Sr. Since William Jr. (future father of Willie Mae Vickers) was born in Sept. of this census year, he was born too late to be in this census. This is his parents' household though. "Thomas Vickers" married Laura Bratcher Jan. 1 1900, and the 1900 census was taken in June. This seems to be your William Thomas Jr., who was not ever in his parents' house in the census. He was born after 1880 and left before 1900. In the 1900 census DeKalb Co., TN, a William T (19) and Laura L (18) Vickers are living with his "brother" "John J. Vickers" (age 28). The only problem is that I find William and Mattie Vickers in Prowers Co., CO in 1910, and he is listed there as married once, which is not necessarily correct. It maybe should say "m2". ********** John Harding Vickers has a DeKalb Co., TN death cert in 1929 naming his father as Harding (AKA Harden) Vickers and Sallie Tibbs. John and Lucy A. Vickers 1900 DeKalb Co., TN census: He b. abt. 1850, age 50, md 31yrs (1869). 13 children/ 11 living. 1870 Dist7 White Co., TN John (19) and Lucy A. (17) Vickers (next door to Harding (49) and Sarah (44) Vickers [Harding's wife Sarah was nee Sallie Ann Tibbs- from several death certs of their children] Child of John and Lucy: Josephine 11/12 [no William] Lucy Ann Tibbs and Salie Ann Tibbs were probably kin somehow. 1880 Dist13 DeKalb Co., TN John and Lucy A. Vickers: Ch: Josie 13, Mary C. 9, John 7, James W. 4, Elijah 1 1900 Dist5 DeKalb Co., TN John and Lucy Vickers: Ch: Nora C 16, Albert R.14, Spurgeon 12, Ethel 5 DeKalb Co., TN death cert Josephine Bratcher- parents: John and Lucy Ann Vickers husb: Jacob Bratcher b. 08/19/1872 d. 10/02/1946 She is Josie in the 1880 census. ********** Your William Thomas Vickers Jr is not the son of John and Lucy. He is never in the census in their household, and was born 3 yrs. (1866) before Lucy and John married (1869). It seems his father, William Thomas Vickers Sr, is the brother of John H. and son of Harden/Harding Vickers and Sallie Tibbs. In the 1870 census of White Co., TN, as I listed above for John Vickers, Harding Vickers is next door to John. John was 29 and Harding was 49. Harding Vickers in 1850 DeKalb Co., TN: Harden Vickar 26 TN Sarah Vickar 24 TN [Sallie is nickname for Sarah] William J Vickar 4 TN [so born 1846- matches your William Sr.] Elizabeth Vickar 65 TN [maybe Harden's mother] Harding Vickers in Dist16 1860 DeKalb Co., TN: Harden Vickers 38 TN Sarah A. Vickers 35 TN William R 14 TN [You can see that William's middle initial is different in every census; so don't use that to identify him] John H 9 TN Eliza A. 7 TN Elizabeth L. 10 TN Tilmon B. 7 TN Felix G. 4 TN In 1870 William [Sr] is missing from Harding's White Co., TN household. He married Mary Jane Edge in DeKalb Co., TN on March 26, 1874.

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Subject: re: 1123a Vickers/Tibbs

Date: 11/16/2012

Submitted by: David Tibbs

Hello I have been in touch with Jennifer (hi cousin). Yet to be connected. My reply is for Martha. Is it possible to get a copy of that picture (John Vickers & Lucy Tibbs)? I am researching the Tibbs in Smith, DeKalb, White and Wilson counties and trying to make their connections. My line is through Drury Tibbs who is probably a hashmark on the 1820 Smith County census and appears on the 1840 DeKalb. Here is a link to my Tibbs website: http://sites.google.com/site/tibbsgenealogy/home Thank you. David Tibbs

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Subject: re:1123a

Date: 11/18/2012

Submitted by: Martha Jones

My great grandfather William Thomas Vickers was born Sept 7, 1880 and died June 19, 1970. I believe his mother was Lucil "Lucy" Hickey and his father John Harden Vickers(born Nov 12, 1850) not the John Vickers and Lucy Tibbs that he said. The picture which I have of William Thomas Vickers's parents is the very same picture as the one on the family tree of Lynn Schiller on ancestry.com. My great grandfather also mentioned that his mother was blind which is mentioned in the execution of her will after her husband died. I am still trying to find out more about the Vickers family as well as researching my husband's family. I would appreciate any help with my great grandfather William Thomas Vickers. I visited his farm in Bluff City, TN when I was a young child 2-4 times a week until I was married. He built many houses and buildings in the area and also had a nursery from which he sold treees. His wife Mattie C Warren had a floral shop which sold flowers to other flower shops as well as selling flowers to the local residents for weddings, funerals and to churches for Sunday services. I would love to hear from any one who might know of the early life of my great grandfather.

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Subject: re: Families Of Henry Harrison Taylor & Benjamin Harrison Taylor

Date: 11/23/2012

Submitted by: Connie Taylor Mize

Henry Harrison Taylor was my ggggrandfather. Please tell me what info you need. I will be happy to help you. My line of Taylor's lived in Collin County, Texas.

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Subject: re: re: Families Of Henry Harrison Taylor & Benjamin Harrison Taylor

Date: 06/23/2013

Submitted by: Hazel Beshears Palmer

I am related to this line of Taylors. My grandmother Sarah Louisa Taylor known as Lula) was the daughter of Benjamin Harrison Taylor and Elizabeth Smith. She was born in Indian Creek, Tenn. Nov. 1887. The next child born after her was born in Collin Co. Lula Taylor married Bert Edward Raines abt. 1908 in McKinney, Tex. My mother, Beulah Hazel Raines, was born in McKinney in March 1912. I have done a lot of research on this line of Taylors and can go back to 1600's when they were in England. Would be happy to share what info I have.

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Subject: re: Families Of Henry Harrison Taylor & Benjamin Harrison Taylor

Date: 06/24/2013

Submitted by: Hazel Palmer

Benjamin Harrison Taylor (married to Elizabeth Smith) is my great grandfather. I have done some research on this family but would appreciate any help from you regarding the children of BHT. My grandmother was a daughter of his, her name was Sarah L. She was known as Lula. She married B. E. Raines in McKinney, Collin Co., Texas abt. 1909. My mother was their oldest daughter, born in 1912 in McKinney. I actually met Benjamin in the early 1950's - he was very old but in good health at that time. He lived to be 100 years old. I have some pictures of him and would be happy to share if you are interested. I would like to find out more information on his children. My grandmother was born in Indian Creek, Tenn. in 1887, the next child born was in Collin Co. in 1889, but I do not have the names or any other information. Any information from you would be greatly appreciated.

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1118a

Subject: re: Ray and Boyd families

Date: 05/07/2012

Submitted by: David Johnson

It seems you might not have a definite date for the marriage of James and Kitty. "James Ray" married "Catterina Boyd" March 9, 1854 in DeKalb Co., TN. I noticed from the 1860 DeKalb Co. census that Kitty's middle name was Ann, and neither Kitty nor James were in DeKalb Co. at all in 1850, and James was never in the house of Thomas and Elizabeth in any census that named members of the household. 1850 census of District 4, Warren Co., TN, page 13 B: 157/157 Boyd, William 57 M GA Boyd, Ann 50 F NC Boyd, Fanetta 22 F TN Boyd, Ephemia 20 F TN Boyd, William 18 M TN Boyd, Kitty A. 14 F TN [future wife of James Ray?] Then 1860 census of District 6, DeKalb Co., TN, page 124: 629/618 Boyd, Ann 66 F VA Boyd, Finnetta J. 32 F TN Boyd,  Euphema 30 F TN Boyd, Francis 10 M TN This is the same family as in 1850 Warren Co. as above. Two houses away in the same 1860 census, and same page is James Ray and Kitty. Ray, James 35 M TN Ray, Kitty Ann 24 F TN Ray, William T. 5 F TN Ray, Louisa 2 F TN Elizabeth Ray, evidently widowed, age 76, is next to James and Kitty in 1860. She has the same two children living with her as in 1850 with her and husband Thomas "Rhea". Ann Boyd is still next door in 1870, age 72, b. VA. Notice her age fluctuates a lot. No marriage found for William T. Ray to Samantha Pack. Since they died in Lamar Co., TX (findagrave), could they have married in TX?

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Subject: re: Ray and Boyd families

Date: 05/07/2012

Submitted by: Ruby Pantalone

William Thomas Ray and Samantha Pack did die in Lamar County, TX. However, they must have married in TN as they are in DeKalb Co. in 1880 census with a son named, John. I know they had a son named Marshall Hollie Ray in June 1880 and he was born in Belk, DeKalb County.

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Subject: re: Gurtha Hale (Gurthie)

Date: 05/01/2011

Submitted by: David Johnson

Not related, just helping. "Crit Hale" died in Putnam Co., TN, District 9, near Buffalo Valley on June 25, 1910 according to Putnam Co., TN death certificate #70267. After the 1908 DeKalb Co., TN marriage, he and "Etter" (for Mary Etta) lived in District 9, Putnam Co., TN where they are listed twice in the 1910 census. Once the family is listed in household 31/33 as "Hall", but next door to his "Hale" parents: Hall, Crit head M W 24 marriage2 2yrs[1908] TN TN TN Hall, Etter wife F W 36 marriage1 2yrs 2/2children TN TN TN Hall, Girthie daughter F W 7 S TN TN TN Hall, James L. son M W 11/12 S TN TN TN The census was taken in April and Crit died in June of consumption (TB). This shows plainly that Crit was married before, and that Girthie was not Mary Etta's daughter. It seems that whoever gave the death cert. info for Girtie never knew her father was married before Mary Etta. You are not kin to the Watts genealogy. The family also appears without Crit a second time in the same district, same county and same census in the household of Robert Watts (Mary Etta's brother). District 9, Putnam Co., TN, household 112/118: Watts, Robert head M W 33 m1 10yrs TN TN TN salesman fruit trees Almer wife F W 26 m1 10yrs 4/4 TN TN TN Marlie son Bethel son Manie dau Gace[sic] dau Hale, Etter sister F W 38 m1 2yrs 2/2children TN TN TN Hale, Girtha niece[to Robert] F W 7 S TN TN TN Hale, James nephew M W 9/12 S TN TN TN Once again Girtha 7 yrs old, and Etta married 2 yrs. Crit's death certificate lists him as white, male, farmer, married. His 1908 marriage record in DeKalb Co., TN lists him as "C. C. Hale" and wife as "Etta Watts", Aug. 25, 1908. Since Crit died of TB, which could take months or a year or so to cause death, and since it was a very contagious killer at that time with no cure, his family may have moved out to save their lives. Death certs in TN before 1914 do not list the parents. I have not found his first marriage record. I would assume logically that the first wife died in DeKalb Co., since Crit had custody of the child in 1910. Where Crit is listed in the 1910 census, he is next door to one old enough to be his father, and is his father: 30/31 Hale, William head W M 49 m2 TN TN TN farm laborer Hale, Bettie wife F W 36 m2 3/3children TN TN TN 1900 DeKalb Co., TN, District 22: 49/49 Hale, William head M W Apr 1859 41 married 15yrs TN TN TN farmer Hale, Nancy wife F W Feb 1856 44 married 15yrs TN TN TN Hale, Criton son  M W Feb 1896[sic] 14 S TN TN TN Hale, Jessie T. son M W Jan 1888 12 S TN TN TN Hale, Nettie[sp?] A. daughter F W May 1891 9 S TN TN TN Where the birth year for Criton says 1896, that is clearly error, and the age in 1900 is 14 to prove that is the case, which matches his age of 24 in the 1910 census. There is a marriage in DeKalb Co. of one William Hale to N. I. Trapp on April 9, 1885, in time for Crit's birth, and matching the 15yrs married in the 1900 census. "N. I. Trapp", age 24 in 1880, was d/o James T. and Anna Trapp, household 1/1, District 10, DeKalb Co., TN. Same District in 1870 shows her name as Nancy, age 14. Marriage DeKalb Co., TN: James Terry Trapp to Anny Ferrell April 22, 1850.

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Subject: re: James Roller

Date: 05/01/2012

Submitted by: David Johnson

No definite proof of parents here, but leads, and some of this I list here just to inform others also: (1) James Roller, age 9, 1870 census DeKalb Co., Dist. 9, Liberty, page 202A, 216/216 in house of James Redman, age 55, and wife Ester, aka Hester, age 54. Shows James Roller born abt. 1861 in TN. Is he orphan here, and/or is he related to this couple? (2) James Roller, age 19, and wife Mary Ann Evans living in 1880 census of DeKalb Co., TN, District 5 with children. (3) James Roller and his wife are both buried in Keltonburg Methodist Church Cemetery along with at least the following children: - James M. Roller 01/16/1860- 12/16/1934 - Mary Evans Roller 02/19/1859- 02/05/1942 [d/o James Evans and Martha Caldwell] - Their son James Henry Roller (9/30/1876- 10/31/1944) who married Florence Adcock (05/06/1882- 11/04/1959) is also buried there, but he lived in McMinnville, Warren Co., TN, also from his death certificate. - Son William T. Roller (12/13/1877- 01/05/1929 [death cert says died 01/04/1929]) also buried there and his wife S. S. (Sophia) Cantrell (11/22/1882- 12/07/1980) and family. William T. died in Cannon Co., TN, Daylight Community, death cert #176. - Julius M. Roller (04/06/1890- 11/25/1958) wife Nora E. (Cantrell) Roller (07/10/1889- 01/11/1987) and family. (4) Keltonburg is in the south part of DeKalb County and is not that far from McMinnville in Warren County. Mary Evans Roller was buried by High Funeral Home located in McMinnville, and so were sons James Henry Roller and William T. Since William T. died before his father, and since Mary Evans Roller and at least two of her sons were buried by High Funeral Home, I think you should check the High Funeral Home records and also seek an obituary for James M. Roller. High Funeral Home is still in business and has all its old records. They also wrote all their obituaries in most excellent detail back into the 1930's at least. The obituaries were published in both the Southern Standard of McMinnville in Warren Co. and in the Smithville Record for DeKalb Co. residents. The Southern Standard has the earliest obits. I have never seen a funeral home so consistently give the parents and nativity of the deceased. You can contact John W. High Funeral Home: http://www.highfuneralhome.com/ (5) The first Redmon (from NC) to settle in the area settled in Warren Co. in the Keltonburg general area with wife Catherine Cantrell, before DeKalb was formed from Warren Co. I mention this in connection with James M. Roller being in a Redmon/Redman house at age 9 in 1870. Note also that two of James M. Roller's sons married Cantrells. There are also many Redmons and Cantrells buried in the Keltonburg Cemetery. (6) The only Roller in the area [always Warren County] by 1870 [also saw him there in 1850 -dist 14, h/h 777/777- and 1860] was Dempsey Roller, b. Dec. 25, 1821 in GA, died Dec. 21 or 31 [hard to read the stone], 1887 in Warren Co., TN, buried at Salem Cemetery in Warren Co., TN. Dempsey married first a Martha [prob. in 1840's], also born in GA, and they had children, but only one son, George W., to carry on the surname. George is in the 1850 census with his parents at age 7. In the 1860 McMinnville, Warren Co., TN census George, age 16, is an apprentice of a saddler named A. P. Greer. It is interesting that in the same household is an Irene Evans, age 38 b. 1822, within 2 years of the birth year of Mary Ann Evans' father, James (he in Liberty, DeKalb, TN 1860) b. abt. 1820. I never see George Roller again in the census. No marriage record found. Maybe he died and left James as orphan?? The Redmons were no strangers to Warren County, and it might be possible that George Roller may have had a child by a Redmon, in marriage or not. Dempsey Roller married a second time to Mary Kirby , but too late to produce a father for your James M. Roller. The surname is spelled in various censuses or their indexes as Roller, Roler, Rawler, Reller, and William T. Roller's death cert index entry seems to be Raller. (7) There are two listings for a George Roller in two Civil War units, that consisted of men from Warren and DeKalb counties, among other counties. These units were 8th Reg, TN Cav. (Smith's), and 11th Btln, TN Cav. (Gordon's). Both were CSA units. A search of these records found at TSLA in Nashville on microfilm might show a death during the war in the 1860's, don't know. Sometimes when a soldier was killed there will be a letter or document in the file by a parent or wife requesting the deceased's personal belongings and any pay still due. (8) The Warren Co., TN will and estate settlement of Dempsey Roller or of George Roller might give useful information, if it exists. James Redmon's will or estate settlement might mention James Roller.

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Subject: re: Original Methodist Church in Liberty?

Date: 04/12/2012

Submitted by: David Johnson

From the same book: "There is one other landmark demanding notice, the pioneer cemetery on the northwest edge of Liberty. It is referred to by H. L. Hale as the old Methodist graveyard. It lies on a gentle slope facing the sunrise". Another book, "Bicentennial History of Dekalb County Tennessee" by Thomas Webb, states the land for this church [the Methodist church formed second in what was not yet, but later, to be DeKalb County] was donated by Adam Dale as lot number 6 in Liberty, DeKalb County, TN on Aug 28, 1817. Source: Smith Co., TN Deed Book F, p. 198. Thomas Webb further states this lot is the present-day location of the Liberty Methodist Church, but is not the original building. Going further, the phone book gives the location of this church as 403 Church Street. I do not know if the cemetery is on the very spot or somewhat separated. From the description it would be on a hillside facing east. Perhaps you could inquire at that church.

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Subject: re: Sinah Foster

Date: 12/08/2012

Submitted by: Athol K. Foster

Delores, John and Sinah was my Great Great Grand Parents. I descend from their son Anthony L. Foster. We do not know where they are buried. We think they were buried on one of the properties on Smith Fork that they owned. John died about 1832 when they were living on Smith Fork. Sinah did not die until 1871 and we beleive that she was taken back to Smith Fork for burial. If you need more information contact me at my e-mail address listed.

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1109a

Subject: re: Bozarth

Date: 02/19/2012

Submitted by: David Johnson

I'm not related, but will do lookups. From the DeKalb County, TN marriage records: William H. Bozarth to Estella Vanilla Marcum on Nov. 30, 1928 in DeKalb Co., TN Her parents from the 1920 census of District 13, Putnam Co., TN, page 121 B: Wallace Ridge 111/112 Marcum, Sidney head M W 44 married TN TN TN farmer Marcum, Sarrah E. wife F W 38 married TN TN TN Marcum, Virgie D. daughter F W 7 S TN TN TN Marcum, Essie V. daughter F W 6 S TN TN TN Marcum, Willie E. son M W 1 10/12 TN TN TN From the SSDI and the Texas death index: she was then named at her death Essie Vanell [similar to "Vanilla"] Mervin, born Feb. 27, 1913 and died Feb. 6, 1994, while residing in Lancaster, Dallas Co., TX. 1910 census of Dist. 13, Putnam Co., TN, page 127 A: Marcum, Sid 34 first marriage, married 8 yrs, TN TN TN Marcum, Sarah wife 28 first marriage, married 8 yrs, TN TN TN _____________ From her father, Sidney Marcum's, Putnam Co., TN death certificate #7557, year 1936: White, male, married, farmer death: Silver Point, District 13, Putnam Co., TN [same area where he resided in the 1920 census- It is on the Putnam/DeKalb Co., line] Died March 27, 1939. birth: Oct. 13, 1875 in TN [year is error- should be 1885- the 1920 census has him age 44, and he would be 50 at death in 1936. The death cert. does say he was age 50; so even that shows that 1875 is wrong]. father: Perry Marcum, b. Putnam Co., TN mother: Marth Oaks, b. Putnam Co., TN informant: Donald Sadler, Silver Point Undertaker: none [this means the family probably buried him by themselves on the farm] burial location and date: blank ___________________ Sidney Marcum married Sarah Gentry in Putnam Co., TN on Oct. 9, 1901. For any more you'll have to email me. It is straying from DeKalb Co. records. I can give you more census and maybe death lookups, or, if you are a TN resident, you can get all that free here: http://tntel.tnsos.org/ then select "genealogy" link.

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Subject: re: Staley family genealogy

Date: 07/05/2012

Submitted by: Gary D. Staley

I too, am searching for information on Mrs. Theo Staley. It is my belief that she was the mother of Tommy C. Staley, my much beloved grandfather. See US Cencus 1910 hopkins county, TX. My questions are in regard to her mother and father. I believe that she was 8 years old and living with her aunt and uncle, R.E. Cole (head of house hold) and M.E. Cole (wife) District 4, Wilson, Tennessee in the 1880 Cencus. Any information to Ms. Theo Staley would be greatly appreciated. Who were her parents?

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1092a

Subject: re: Oakland Institute

Date: 09/13/2011

Submitted by: David Johnson

I already had a page on this webite in the "Schools" section concerning the Oakland Institute. It was a private boarding college for adults and school for children also. I have added more information today to that page about it, taken from a book by Thomas Webb. Please look here: http://www.tngenweb.org/dekalb/oak/oak_inst.htm

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1090a

Subject: re: Frasier

Date: 09/12/2011

Submitted by: David Johnson

Not related. Just helping. Emma Frazier married J. (Jim, James) R. Moore in DeKalb Co., TN Oct. 14, 1895. In the 1900 census of DeKalb Co., TN she is listed as born July 1876 in TN. She is buried in Walkers Chapel Cemetery, DeKalb Co., TN. Her parents were Harmon W. (1900 DeKalb census says "Hiram W.") Frazier and Elizabeth (nee McCullough), also buried there. Emma died in 1915 according to her stone, but I did not find her in the death certificate index. At least two of Emma's children are buried with her. The 1900 census of DeKalb Co. has Emma and her husband living with "Hiram W. Frazier", which is Harmon W. Frazier. Emma was listed as his daughter. Harmon's wife, Elizabeth, had died (1898). Harmon died in DeKalb Co. in 1900. Emma's mother, Elizabeth, was born in 1838 and was first listed in the 1850 census of Coffee Co., TN as daughter of William (age 31) and Mary (maiden name unknown) McCullough (age 32), both born in TN. In 1850 Elizabeth was 12. Elizabeth McCullough first married Thomas N. Hill in Coffee Co., TN. I don't have the date. Their first, and possibly only, child was William Gasper Hill born about 1855 TN, as seen in the 1860 census of Coffee Co., TN. William is buried in Walkers Chapel, Cemetery. Thomas N. Hill fought in the Civil War in the 44th Reg. CSA, and is also buried in Walkers Chapel, died 1865; so he may have died in that war or soon after. Elizabeth married second Harmon W. Frazier, and no marriage record found by me for date nor location. In the 1870 census, after the death of Thomas N. Hill, William [Gasper] Hill, age 14, son of of Thomas and Elizabeth, was living with Elizabeth's parents, once again being William and Mary "McColoth" in Coffee Co., TN. Elizabeth herself is not listed there in 1870. "Hiram" Frasier was not living with Elizabeth in 1870, but was also a resident of Coffee Co. at that time, living with his mother. In the 1880 DeKalb Co. census they are together with the same 4 children (Jane ,Thomas, Martha, Robert) whom he had living with him in 1870, seemingly from his previous marriage, with the addition of Leona, Emeline, and Levi- 3 children by Elizabeth. The first child of this marriage, Leona, was born about 1874. The censuses 1870, 1880 and 1900 have the name as "Hiram" Frasier, but his tombstone has "Harmon", and he is listed as "Harmon" Frasier in the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Beechgrove. In 1860 he is not married, living with Elijah and Sarah "Ashy" [prob. Ashly, Ashley] as a farmhand. Seems all people in my post here came from Beechgrove in Coffee Co. From the 1850 census Harmon's parents were John (age 51 NC) and Sarah (age 47 VA) "Frazer", and this same Sarah seems to be the wife of Elijah "Ashy" in the 1860 census as her second marriage. Walkers Chapel burials here with dates: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2388942 Contact the submitter of those graves. She has a lot of your family there. If you need the census pages transcribed or more look ups for these, ask me using my email address.

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Subject: re: RUTLEDGE, GILBERT, LEFEVOR/LEFAVOR

Date: 10/24/2011

Submitted by: Darryl C. Gardner

I found the answer to my own question, thanks to the Internet. His parents were: Lee LEVEVOR, 23 Dec 1836, Smithville, DeKalb Co TN - 26 Sep 1914 or 20 Mar 1898, Gassaway, Cannon Co TN Malinda A. "Linda" WHITE, Jan 1847 Macon Co TN - bet. 1900 and 1910 census.

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Subject: re: RUTLEDGE, GILBERT, LEFEVOR/LEFAVOR

Date: 10/26/2011

Submitted by: David Johnson

Sorry that we couldn't help with your question earlier, but now that you have found "Lee Lafever"- which is the way it's spelled on his death certificate (Levevor?), I have found his death certificate in the index of TN death certificates. His Cannon Co., TN death certificate is in Vol. 4, page 104, of year 1914 for that county. He died 9/26/1914. I see that you indicated uncertainty about his death date. I can obtain his death certificate for you when I go to TSLA (the only place you can get these) in Nashville in November when I go to do my own research. That should help settle some things for you. I found no death certificate for his wife- it's too early a date. Lee's cert might tell the cemetery, and maybe his wife will be found there. I can also look for Chester's death certificate, assuming it was in 1933. If I have to spend too long looking for it, I'll have to stop. The state archives hours have shortened, and I live 100 miles away and make a single day round trip. If I find a full death date, and if things go quickly, I can look for an obit also at TSLA for Chester in the Southern Standard of Warren Co., TN. Early 1930's issues of that paper are partially missing.

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1086a

Subject: re: DeKalb/Smith Co. early research

Date: 08/02/2011

Submitted by: David Johnson

It does not seem that this book was ever published. The Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville does not have the book and should have it if it was published. The only books by that author there are two census books for Putnam County, TN, possibly his main county of interest. "Record Group 50" of the state records, which contains, among other entries, the entries of the first surveyor's district, are on microfilm also there at TSLA. The staff there might search it for you. There is only an index published for this in book form for Jackson Co. ("Building Neighborhoods"), Davidson Co., and the 2nd surveyors' district.

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1083a

Subject: re: The Buck Smitson House History (Brick House above the Woodard Mule)

Date: 06/20/2011

Submitted by: Christine Haney

When was electicity put through the Liberty area? That would give some idea as to when the Buck Smithson house was changed from gas lighting to electic lights. What is known about Cantrel Bethel who built the first house on Allen bluff and its location to the present house? Does any one know when Hershal A, Bratton built the brick house? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help.

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1083aa

Subject: re: The Buck Smitson House History (Brick House above the Woodard Mule)

Date: 06/21/2011

Submitted by: David Johnson

My mother, who was born and raised in DeKalb County, said the power lines and poles were installed there in 1932. This might not help you date the house at all. For example, my mother said her grandfather's house was connected to electricity at that time, but that the house where my mother and her parents lived never had electrical power until after they moved in the 1940's. A house built after 1932 might or might not have wiring installed then. Thomas Webb might be able to help both of you with more answers. See him at the Justin Potter Library in Smithville.

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1081c

Subject: re: Vickers Cemetery

Date: 07/13/2011

Submitted by: Jim Watson

David, Say your query Phoebe Watson Edge is my line mother of Nancy Jane Edge, Tibbs, Taylor. The Edge Cemetery is off Hw. 70 up Dry Creek Rd. about 2 mi. left up Saw mill hill couple mile toward Mt. Herman Church cemetery on right past hill top. Do you descend from William Solomon Tibbs & Ida Theora Crane ? Mail me I'll give you another address

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1081b

Subject: re: Vickers Cemetery Location

Date: 05/20/2011

Submitted by: David Tibbs

Thank you for the posting and map. It sounds like it might be around Vickers Hill or possibly Vickers Hollow road. Vickers Hill road does not even exist anymore and Vickers Hollow ends at a big gated private drive. Whats funny is Keith Cemetery Rd exists and is marked with a road sign, yet my GPS does not even show a road as being there, but it shows Vickers Hill that looks like it has been gone for quite a while. Can't always trust GPS units. I'll keep an eye out here for replies that might narrow it down even closer.

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Subject: re: Vickers Cemetery Location

Date: 05/19/2011

Submitted by: David Johnson

The Keith Cemetery and the Vickers Cemetery are different cemeteries about a mile apart. That information is on this DeKalb County site. On the main page find the link to "Cemetery Directions". Keith Cemetery is 2 miles north of New Home Baptist Church up New Home Road (Hwy 83), 1/4 mile west of the road. Vickers Cemetery is also up New Home Road, but only about 1 mile north of the church, and is about a half mile west of the road in the edge of the woods, as I am told. You'll have to do some close looking and some walking to get there. Since New Home Baptist Church is the reference point, the church is near the intersection of Highways 146 (Short Mountain Road) and 83 (New Home Road).

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Subject: GUNTER Family

Date: 07/13/2011

Submitted by: Peggy Gunter

Hi I have a lot more info on the GUNTER family now. Please email me so we can exchange info. Peggy Gunter pagunterATcharterDOTnet. Replace 'AT" & 'DOT' with the appr. char. for address

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Subject: re: Solomon Goodman

Date: 09/13/2011

Submitted by: Josetta (Goodman) Whitney

I am researching the Goodman family tree and found some information on Solomon Goodman (see Dekalb Federal Census for 1860 below). I also found reference to a Solomon Goodman in District 9, DeKalb, TN for the United States Census, 1880. (see names below) It said Solomon's mother was born in North Carolina and father born in Georgia. Elizabeth's mother was born in North Carolina and father born in Tennessee. My Goodman Family--John and Hannah (Cooksy) Goodman, lived in Madison, Co., Alabama for the 1850 Madison Co Census. I noticed some of Goodman's seemed to appear in DeKalb Co about the same time, making me wonder if they are related. I am new at this Family Tree Hunting, but I hope what I've found is helpful. DEKALB TN 1860 Federal Census P138-19 GOODMAN Dist 9 William 44 M W Laborer 50 NC I Sarah 39 F W Tn I Green 12 M W Tn S P138-24 GOODMAN Dist 9 Solomon 44 M W Laborer 20 Tn I Elizabeth 30 F W Tn I James A. 7 M W Tn Mahala J. 3/12 F W Tn P193-28 GOODMAN Dist 14 Jonathan 37 M W Farmer 75 Tn Hannah 28 F W NC I William R. 13 M W Ala S John HAYES 20 M W Farmer 50 Tn P194-25 STEEL Dist 14 John 70 M W Laborer 50 Tn I Mahala 36 F W Tn I Amanda M. 14 F W Tn S Margaret GOODMAN 50 F W Tn I United States Census 1880 Solomon Goodman M 65 y/o Elizabeth Goodman F 54 y/o Mahala J. Goodman F 21 y/o Wm. Goodman M 15 y/o Margaret Goodman F 13 y/o John C. Goodman M

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Subject: re:Claude Magness

Date: 03/17/2011

Submitted by: David Johnson

I am descended from the DeKalb Co., TN Magness family. Mine are all descended from Perry Green Magness, Sr. I traced your genealogy 2 more generations back past Calvin Harris Magness, finally to a Zachariah C. Magness (Calvin's grandfather) living in Williamson Co., TN in the 1830 census. I have no records showing the DeKalb Co., TN Magness family in Williamson County, but below in the link to Thomas Webb's family report there is a link to some of the family in bordering Rutherford County, TN and a court trial in Williamson County, TN. Your family did not crawl out of the Mississippi River unless they fell out of the boat. They did cross the Mississippi River twice. Zachariah and his children went from Williamson Co., TN to Calloway Co., KY, then to Greene Co., AR, then his widow and one widowed daughter returned to Calloway Co., KY. In the later years your grandfather ended up in Fulton Co., KY at Hickman. Neither your grandfather nor his father, Calvin Harris, seem to have been born in Hickman. They did not even live there until later. Your second great grandfather, Edward M., son of Zachariah never went to AR, it seems, but stayed in Calloway Co., KY. Thomas Webb did a lot of detailed research into the Magness family. There was a Zachariah Magness in the early family in NC. Your Zachariah was born a generation later, but at least one by that name is recorded in the family. Thomas Webb's work can be read at this link: http://www.e-projects.dk/joomla/genealogy/pafn06.htm In that report, Thomas Webb mentions he read "Magness Migrations" and used the information in his genealogy report. Contact him about that. You can only mail him at the Justin Potter Library by US mail. The address is on the DeKalb Co. TNGenWeb main page. Here is a link to what I found searching the censuses. The report is too long to place on this page: Magness census report

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Subject: re: John Fisher

Date: 05/29/2012

Submitted by: Lawrence Steele

John Fisher, Sr. was my sixth great grandfather and is buried in the Old Fisher Cemetery on the Old Fisher homestead in SE DeKalb County near the Belk Community near the Caney Fork River. I have been to the cemetery and have taken several pictures of the cemetery. Please contact me if you want to know more. Lawrence

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Subject: re: John Fisher

Date: 03/14/2011

Submitted by: David Johnson

John Fisher seems to have been buried in Fisher Cemetery in DeKalb Co., TN, or at least the DAR is convinced of that. I do not know what proof they had to know his burial location. They placed a DAR grave marker for him in Fisher Cemetery with the same birth and death dates as you gave in your query. The cemetery is located on the road through Temperance Hall as you go toward Hickman and at the Smith/DeKalb county line. Yes, this area was once Smith County, and since DeKalb County was not formed until December 1837, after John died in April of that same year, he was buried in what was then Smith County. The grave is recorded on the internet here: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2248467&GRid=24406962& The Caney Fork Baptist Church Cemetery is far away to the south in Warren County, and is not at all the right cemetery. Since John Fisher served in the Revolutionary War and was buried in DeKalb County, I might place his biography on this web site with the other DeKalb Countians who served in the Revolutionary War. I can do some of that research myself, or if you have something to contribute to that, it would be appreciated. The DAR would have some records for a fee.

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Subject: re: Dekalb County, Newspapers circa 1870-1900

Date: 03/09/2011

Submitted by: David Johnson

All DeKalb Co., TN newspaper copies still in existence (Alexandria Times and Liberty Herald) are abstracted here on the DeKalb Co., TNGenWeb site, and they can be accessed through the links in the newspaper section on the main page. The search on the main page also searches them. There are no other newspapers to do lookups in prior to 1900. These are abstracts, but the information is complete. I can do lookups after 1900 when I travel to the area, or the Justin Potter Library in Smithville can be contacted to do lookups, but they must be contacted by US postal service mail, and you may call for instructions. Please include SASE and cost of copies (15 cents? per sheet). You will find their address and phone also on the main page of this web site. They have microfilms of all existing issues.

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