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VOLUME 27 SUMMER, 1980 NUMBER 2 - CONTENTS - OVER THE EDITOR'S DESK •••• · ) . 51 NEWS AND NOTES FROM OTHER PUBLICATIONS • •• •• 51 BOOK REVIEWS • · . .. ·.. 53 DEATH RECORDS FOUND IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - 1866 • . .. .. ·••• 58 ( HICKMAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 1836 TAX RECORD · · · · 63 HENDERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE CEMETERY .... · · · · 69 FAMILY GATHERINGS 70 INDEX TO 1840 CENSUS, HARDEMAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE. 75 HARDEMAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE REVOLUTIONARY AND MILITARY PENSIONERS · ·· ·· · 81 TENNESSEE OBITUARIES FROM HOLLY SPRINGS (MISSISSIPPI) REPORTER • • ·· • · · 81 TENNESSEANS IN TEXAS . .. .. .... .. · . 82 WARREN COUNTY, TENNESSEE, DEED BOOK E- ABSTRACTS · . .. 84 SUTPllEN ..• •. ••••••..••••.••••• . · ·· ·· · 85 BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE, LOOSE MARRIAGE BONDS AND LICENSES 86 FAYETTE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, COURT MINUTES. · ·· · 90 WILSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE DATA ··· · · 94 QUERIES .•• ·· ·· · 95 ( THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P. 0, BOX 12124 Memphis, Tennessee 38112 OFFICERS AND STAFF FOR 1980 President Wilma Sutton Cogdell Vice President Jane Cook Hollis Recording Secretary Marilyn Johnson Baugus Correspondence Secretary R. F. Simpson, Jr. Librarian Louise Tittsworth Tyus Assistant Librarian Evelyn Duncan Sigler Surname Index Secretary Betty Key Treasurer Mrs. Homer D. Turner Editor Associate Editor Herbert Ray Ashworth Director Eleanor Riggins Barham Director. Laurence B. Gardiner LIBRARY STAFF EDITORIAL STAFF BUSINESS STAFF Lucile Hendren Cox Betsy Foster West Pauline Casey Briscoe Myrtle Louise Shelton Henrietta D. Gilley Lynn Hodges Craven HermanL. Bogan Betty Cline Miller Jessie Taylor Webb Eleanor W. Griffin Helen Culbreath Hamer Sarah Duncan Blalock Jean Alexander West Amelia Pike Eddlemon Thomas Proctor Hughes, Jr. Elizabeth Riggins Nichols "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS is the official publication of THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY; published quarterly in March, June, September, and December; annual subscription $8.00. All subscriptions begin with the first issue of the year. Non-delivery of any issue should be reported to THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY within two months of date of usual delivery if a second copy is to be supplied free of charge. Subscribers may submit one query each year fro free publication; additional queries will be accepted on a "space available: basis. Contributions of all types of genealogical information will be accepted. We publish previously unpublished Tennessee-connected data, preferably that with pre-Civil War dates. All material for publication is subjectot editing to conserve space. Every effort will be made to publish accurate material; however, neither TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS, nor the Editor can assume responsibilities for errors on the part of contributors. Corrections of proven errors will be published. Publishable and unpublishable contributions are put on file in our library for the use of our members. Books donated to our library will be reviewed in the earliest possible issue of the quarterly. Second class postage paid at Memphis, Tennessee. ISBN 110003-5246 Summer 1980 51 OVER THE EDITOR~S DESK In addition to the much-appreciated compliments from our subscribers, our mail box has contained some letters with information that will be of value to some of you. David C. Harvey of London, England offers a tracing service to those who wish to find their British ancestors. For details of his service, fees, and what informa tion you need to ~end, write to Susan Davies, P.O. Box 201, Fairplay, CO 80440. Sarah Orr Williams, 702 Bellevue Ave., Dublin, GA 31021 writes: "I have a copy of a 42-page Diary dated Sep. 22, 1830 by Henrietta Sarah Fitzhugh, 1789-1879, wife of Henry Fitzhugh of Fenton, VA. If any members of this family are interested in this diary, I will be glad to send them a copy for the cost of having it duplicated." Three more families are recruiting their members and want to hear from you. BACON -A Bacon Family Association is being formed. Contact John D. Bacon, 53 Candace St., Providence, RI02908. GARDENHIRE - Mrs. Edith H. Hurlbutt, 411 E. 6th St., Northfield, MN 55057, is gathering information on all Gardenhires. A book will be published if you want it. TREHERNE - An association has already been formed and a journal is being publish ed. All variations of the name are acceptable. Dues of $4.50 should be sent to Treherne Family Association, 4729 Falcon St., Rockville, MD 20853. ( ** ** * * NEWS AND NOTES FROM OTHER PUBLICATIONS Prepared by Amelia pike Eddlemon ANNOUNCEMENT: A new genealogical society has been formed in Tuolumne Co., Calif ornia: Golden Roots of the Mother Lode Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 1817, Columbia, CA 95310. Individual membership is $8.00 annually. They plan to collect and preserve data from all localities. For additional information, contact Gloria Lucas, President, at the above address. LIMESTONE LEGACY, Limestone County Historical Society, P. O. Box 82, Athens, AL 35611. $5.00 per yr. Vol. II, No.2, 63 pages. Features an article on Trinity School, and another on Lucy Moore Redus Stanley. Also included are a continuation of Limestone Co. Wills; an article on German immigrant Ellen Kershner Karn; Cart wright family bible information; a listing of some deaths and marriages of 1875 as found in the "Athens Post" (several obituaries of Tennessee and Arkansas residents); a list of James Henry Malone's company of soldiers in Huntsville, AL in 1861; Clem family genealogy (Adam Clem from Bedford Co., TN.) TAP ROOTS, The Genealogical Society of E. Alabama, Inc. Membership dues $10.00 per yr. sent to the Society c/o W. F. Chester, Jr., Rt. 3, Box 44, LaFayette, AL 36862. Vol. 17, No.3, 154 pages containing Martin family bible information; Lawrence Guy Hall bible information; a listing of Langley Cemetery; a history of Pine Crove Urited Methodist Church 1878-1973; Shiloh Baptist Church 1852-1877, including membership; a continuation of "Miss Allie's Scrapbook" (information clip ped from various newspapers 1892-1902); Tallapoosa Co. Marriage Records 1835-1887; and 8 pages of surnames. 52 "Ansearchin'" News News and Notes From Other Publications (continued) A TALE OF MID-CITIES, Mid-Cities Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 171, Bedford, TX 76021. $5.00 per yr. Vol. 1, No. 1. This is a new quarterly and the "mid-cities" refers to the area between Dallas and Fort Worth. Queries are free. This first issue contains a very interesting article on the Wendish people who sailed aboard the "Ben Nevis" in 1854 to Galvaston, TX and established the first Wendish settle ment in Texas. Some of the names of that first passenger list are included. Other information features land grants, Civil War letters of Stephen M. Matthews, Talbot/ Sides bible records, Reaves/Smith bible records, and a passenger list of the SS Sea Queen from France arriving in New Orleans in 1853. CONNECTIONS, Quebec Family History Society, P. O. Box 1026, Postal Sta. Pointe Claire, Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada H95 4149. $10.00, published quarterly. Vol. 1, No. 4 contains cemetery inscriptions - Edina Protestant Cemetery; copy of an ad dress by Kenneth J. Arnett to the Quebec Family Hist. Society, which refers to many sources of information. Also featured is information on the Btitish Militia and the Blockade of Quebec 1775-1776 including names. THE GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, P. O. Box 38066, Atlanta, GA 30334. $15.00 per yr. Vol. 15, No.3. This issue contains something a bit different ••. the names of Georgia murderers, murders, and murder victims, 1823-1840. Also included are facts about Irwin Co., GA, naturalizations, Georgians who were crew members on the SS Virginia, Freemasonry in Georgia, and obituaries from the Masonic Journal, book reviews and queries. SEARCHERS AND RESEARCHERS OF ELLIS CO., TEXAS, Ellis Co. Genealogical Society,Box 385, Waxahachie, TX 75165. Vol. III, No.1, contains an article on the naming of Ellis County and the early days in Texas; Ellis County Marriages for the 1870's; a continuation of the 1860 Ellis Co. census; death records for the city of Waxahachie in the 1920's; and names of teachers and trustees of Ellis Co. schools 1898-1900. THE MARIN KIN TRACER, Marin County Gen. Society, P. O. Box 1511, Novato, CA 94947. $5.00 per yr. out-of-state subscription. This issue features a long article on the life of Lt. John Greene of Coventry with much genealogical information. It also con tains Chapman Family Historical Workbook; letters written by John Avery Compton while he was in Tennessee; and book reviews, queries, and miscellaneous information. SUTTER-YUBA DIGGER'S DIGEST, Sutter-Yuba Genealogical Soc., P. O. Box 1274, Yuba City, CA 95991. $6.50 single membership, pub. qtr. Vol. 6, No.3. This issue of 116 pages contains the death register of Yuba County, 1870-1889, which in most instances, gives the cause of death, cemetery, and place of birth, as well as the name of the person and date of death. Included were Samuel Brown and John Cork, both shown as having come from Tennessee. Other information included ancestor charts for Nott, Moyer, Shaw, Murdock, CQ§~ello, Talley, Bacon, Fairly, Gengler, Mansfield, Lytken, Graham, Hunn, Thomas and Garramore. The balance was queries and reviews of exchange publications. MARSHALL COUNTY HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, P. O. Box 151, Lewisburg, TN 37091. $6.00 for 1980 sub., due first Sunday in May. Vol. X, No.4. This issue feqtures information on the first courthouse in Marshall County and includes considerable genealogical in formation on Abner Houston, b. North Carolina, lived in Tennessee, and died in Texas. It also includes cemetery information, tax lists, and a list of licenses issued to early merchants. Summer 1980 BOOK REVIEWS By Herman L. Bogan, Evelyn D. Sigler, Eleanor W. Griffin, Elizabeth R. Nichols HISTORY OF TODD COUNTY, KENTUCKY edited by J. H. Battle. 1884. Reprint 1979 with new material. Hard back. 373 pp. Indexed. Order from Southern Historical Press, % Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.,' P. O. Box 738, Easley, S. C. 29640.