I Published by The Tennessee Genealogical Society - Quarterly - VOLUME 23 SPRING - 1976 CONTENTS THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER NOTES FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK NEWS AND NOTES FROM OTHER PUBLICATIONS FILE BOX BOOK REVIEWS ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS 1 '4 +" THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 'a Post Office Box 12124 - Memphis, Tennessee 38112 OFFICERS AND STAFF FOR 1976 President Mrs. Charles R. Barham Vice-president Mr. Charles A. Speed Recording Secretary Mrs. C. C. McKitrick Correspondence Secretary Mrs. Hayes Carmical Librarian Mrs. John D. Tyus Assistant Librarian Mrs. Dan West Surname Index Secretary Mrs. M. J. Cravens Treasurer Mr. Caya Phillips Editor Mrs. Vivian L. Briggs Associate Editor Mrs. Gene F. Davis Direct or Mrs. Laurence Gardiner Director Mrs. Charles R. Gilley LIBRARY STAFF BUSINESS STAFF EDITORIAL STAFF - Mrs. Robert Louis Cox Mrs. Gene F. Davis Mr. Herman L. Bogan Mrs. M. J. Cravens Mrs. Charles R. Gilley Mrs. Robert Louis Cox Mrs. John McDonald Mr. J. E. Nichols Mrs. James E. Hamer Mrs. J. E. Nichols Mr. Thomas P. Hughes, Jr. Mrs. F. H. O'Neal Mrs. J. E. Nichols Miss Jessie Webb Mrs. Myrtle E. Shelton Mrs. T. Rivers Young Miss Jessie Webb Mrs. Charles West Mrs. William R. Blair Mrs. Jefferson D. Upshaw "ANSEARCHIN"" NEWS is the official publication of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. Published quarterly. Annual subscription $7.00 All subscriptions begin with the first issue of the year. All subscribers are requested to send queries for free publication. Every effort *will be made to publf sh accurate material, however, The Tennessee Genealogical Society, "Ansearchin"' News, nor the Editor can assume respon- sibility for errors on the part of the contributors. Proved errors will be publish- ed. Books donated to our library will be reviewed in the earliest possible issue of the quarterly. Contributions of all types of genealogical information will be accepted. All mater- ial for publication is subject to editing to conserve space. We publish previous- r ly unpublished Tennessee connected data, preferrably with most dates pre-Civil War. k Publishable and non-publishable contributions are put on file in our library for the use of our members. Dear Members, We are beginning a new year with new officers, new ideas and much enthusiasm. We want to help you in your search for the elusive ancestor by ferreting out as many sources of inform- ation as we can to publish in "Ansearchin"' News. Won't you help by sharing some of your ancestral tid-bits with us. Our members have begun indexing some early Memphis Funeral Home books for the Memphis Public Library. The books start as early as 1850 and go thru 1950. Of course, the earliest are 1 sketchy and they are not consecutive. We plan to index up to the time death certificates were required by the State in 1914. The indexing will take several months. The Library cannot an- i swer inquiries as they do not have a staff to do so. When we finish, you may use them at the Library. If you need to write about your subscription, please in- clude your subscription number, found above your name on your mailing label. This number will help expedite your request. Looking forward to being of service to you, our subscribers, for the coming year. Sincerely, 2 NOTES FROM THE EDITORS DESK I dislike starting my editorship with an appology, but I am afraid I must. I had hoped to have this issue out sooner but due to the birth of my first grandchild, a beautiful baby firl, I spent several weeks out of town. This caused everything to run late. I hope to have Issue # 2 ready on schedule. Please bear with me through all my mistakes, I have a lot to learn. DeKalb Senior Citizens would like to have copies of family & historical records to put in the Justin Potter Library, Smithville, Tenn., to be made available to inter- ested persons. They have made this their Bicentennial project. If you live near enough to take records by the library they will be happy to make copies, No charge. If unable to take them by the library, please mail a copy to them before June 30, 1976. For further information, contact Mrs. Myrtle Johnson, Director, DeKalb Senior Citizens, Inc., 104 East Main Street, Smithville, Tennessee 37166. "The Hartsville Vidette" Newspaper now has "~lim~ses"by VGrnon Roddy. Records of Old Sumner, Smith, Wilson, Trousdale Counties and others cut from Sumner Co. People, places, events, institutions from 1750 to the present time. A Gold Mine for research- ers of that area. $6.00 per year. 52 issues. Send subscriptions to Hartsville Vidette, P.O. Box 47, Hartsville, Tenn. 37074. The "Harris Newsletter" will be publish 9 issues of material (no advertisements) and an index issue. Each issue 10-15 pages. Unlimited queries on Harris lines. First publication is scheduled for the first week in April 1976. One year subscription $5.00. Genealogical Reference Builders, P.O. Box 249, Post Falls, Idaho 83854. Speci- fy Harris Newsletter. Other surname newsletters are already in publication; Turner, Allen, Walker, Scott and Rogers. Notice: "Dalton Family Reunion" June 15, 16, 17, 1976, Sheraton Inn, Charlottesville, Va. All Dalton reasearchers welcome. Information from Helen Lu, 4559 Hockaday Dr., Dallas, Texas 75229. The following three books are by Robert Morgan Maxham. Order from Colonial Press, Box 1583, North Springfield, Va. $3.00 each BELMONT PLANTATION ON THE OCCOQIJAN, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1975. 22 pages of text, references & 2 detailed maps. Illustrated. Virginia residents add additional 12 cents sales tax. Belmont was the plantation of Lawrence Washington, 3rd cousin to George Washington, in Mason Neck, Fairfax Co., Va. Gives history of this landmark and its owners from 1653 to modern times.' EARLY COLONIAL CHURCHES OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. 1974. 24 pages of text, illus- trations, references, and 7 maps. Late 17th and early 18th century. Mason's Chapel- of-Ease ; Old Pohick Church; Pohick Church; Churches of Alexandria; William Gunnel1 's, Church; The Upper (Falls) Church. THE COLONIAL PLANTATIONS OF GEORGE MASON. 1975. 15 pages of text and 5 maps. George Mason of Gunston Hall surveyed Mason's Neck in 1752. The author has recon- constructed Mason's survey lines from original notes of George Mason. Plantations identified. Patents date back to 1651. These booklets were compiled by David J. Harkness and may be obtained from Extension Library, 420 Communications Blve., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916. $1.50 each. TENN & N.C.: TENN & GA.: TENN. & KY: TENN. & MO.: TENN. & ALA. Comparisons of states and notes about well known people through the years in both states in each booklet. REVISED INDEX TO THE HISTORY OF OLD PENDLETON DISTRICT, S.C. With a genealogy of the lending Families. Originally compiled for people who had a copy of The History Of REVISED INDEX TO THE HISTORY OF OLD PENDELTON DISTRICT, C.C. With a genealogy of the leading families. The index was originally compiled for people who had a copy of The History Of Old Pendleton District, S.C., originally published in 1913 by C.R.W. Simpson, which is now available in paper back. Revised Index a~ailablefrom compiler, Nancy Gaillard Chadwick, F.R.S., 6336 Burgandy Raod South, Jacksonville, Florida 1 32210. $2.00 plus 25 cents postage. A new Genealogical column will start in the Sevier Co., (Tenn.) News Record. Queries pertaining to Sevier Co. families will be printed free. Send quieies to: Mrs. Elaine Ramsten Wells, Drawer 220, Grandview, Texas 76050. The Genealogical society of Penna., Building of the Historical Society, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 has published the following booklets as a Bicenten- nial project by two officers of the Society. Their purpose is to assist researchers of patriots of the American revolution. The book1ets:are available at G.S.P How To Search For Your Revolutionary Patriots In Pennsylvania by Dorothee Hughes Carousso, L.H.D. C.G. $.75. The Pennsylvania Militia In 1777 by Hannah Benner Roach. $2.00. NEWS AND NOTES FROM OTHER PUBLICATIONS Prepared for Publication by Elizabeth Nichols PIONEER PATHFINDER. Published by Sioux Valley Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 655, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57101. Membership $3.00 a year. Vol. 11, No. 1, Jan. 1976 is only six pages but quite informative. 1880 U.S. Census Index for Dakota Terri- tory Counties of Auro'ra, Walworth and, in southeastern North Dakota, Barnes County. -ANCESTORS-YOURS AND MINE. Publication of Lexington Genealogical and Historical Soc- \ iety Inc. 304 5: Elm St., Lexington, Ill. 61753. A quarterly, Vol. 2, NO. 1, Feb. 1976 contalns several very good articles but especially one which is excerpts from ;i diary written-Galveston, Texas July 15, 1865- Author unknown, entitled "The History of Company E 94th Regt. Ill. Infantry Volunteers". The names are listed by rank, alphalletically, and show where born, age, description and occupation. (Contact Society for subscription rate). GWINNETT HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER. Society dues $5.00 annually includes News- letter. P.O. Box 261, Lawrenceville, Ga. 30245. Issue No. 1 Winter 1976 has inter- esting queries, with some answers and a listing of Gwinnett County Records on Micro- film at Georgia Archives. SIMPSONETTE, (The Simpson Gazette), official organ of the John Simpson Family Associa- tion, 207 N.E. Third, Fairfield, Ill. 62837. Association dues $5.00 annually. Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan. 1976 researches the name "Simpson" and states "For Simpson's All". ROGERS NEWSLETTER. Published by Genealogical Reference Builders, P.O. Box 249, Post Falls, Idaho 83854. Elaine Walker, Editor. Previously announced in "Ansearchin"' News, we now have the Vol. 1, No. 1 issue, which contains information (varied) on Rogers in Tnd., Va., Ky., R.I., Mo., Pa.