The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS ----------- ,,. ...--- .... ------ , 0 --. --~ ... -- ... ,, ... - - .... -- ...- .... I ..-- .... --- ----~ -- -----. , . -~-- .. " --,,- ... --------------'------------- ------ , "...".- , ---, ...---- ----- ,'- ",._--; ---- ---::----- r ~--:.--:-, --- ---: -::----. ..:--_.. " --------------------,., -~::-~~--------------- Since 1954 ... For all of Tennessee The Tennessee Genealogical Society P. o. Box 111249 Memphis, Tn 38111-1249 Vol. 35, No. 4 Winter, 1988 THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P. O. Box 111249 Memphi s, Tennessee 38111-1249 OFFICERS AND STAFF fOR 1988 President Marilyn Johnson Baugus Vice-President Margaret Norvell Sinclair Recording Secretary Iona Fish Marbry Correspondence Secretary Sara Duncan Blalock Librarian Lincoln Johnson Assistant Librarian Norma Breeden Garrett Surname Index Secretary Colleen Nixon Petty Treasurer John David Heuer Editor Betsy Foster West Managing Editor Harry Milton Cleveland, Jr. Director Sarah Anderson Hull Director Gerry Byers Spence LI BRARY STAFF EDITORIAL "STAFF BUSINESS STAFF Sandra Hurley Austin Gerry Byers Spence, Juanita Younginer Acree Mildred S. Boston Associate Editor Paul Frederick Acree Wilma SutLon Cogdell Elizabeth Davidson Chancellor Margaret M. Crymes Lola Kelly Davenport Judy Chambless Cleveland Newell Sterling Garrett Dorothy Carter Greiner Lucile .. Hendren Cox Wanda Hurley Hawkins Geraldine Blanton Holston Beverly Smith Crone Jane Cook Hollis Mary Louise Graham Nazor­ G. Nelson Dickey Johnnie O. Hollis Elizabeth Riggins Nichols William Lesueur Holstun Vyrah Mann Clarence W. Spence Estelle Atkins Horn Ruth Hensley O'Donnell Jessie Taylor Webb Bradford Jarratt Emma Fisher O'Neal Martha Everett Weatherford The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, "ANSEA'RCHIN'" NEWS, is the official publication of THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. All subscriptions begin with the first issue of the year. Non-deliv~ry of any issue should be reported to the Society within two months of the date of usual delivery. A charge of $2.50 will be made for redeeming and re-mailing copies which are r"eturnedto us, and which must be forwarded. Sub­ scribers may submit ONE free query per year of fifty words or less, which must be re­ ceived in this office by September first of that year. Contributions of all types of genealogical material will be accepted. We publish previously unpublished, Tennessee connected data, preferably that with pre-Civil War dates, all of which is subject to editing to save space. Every effort will be made to print accurate material; however, neither THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS, nor the Editor can assume responsibility for errors on the part of contributors. Corrections of proven errors will be published. Publishable and unpublishable contributions are filed in our library for the use of members. Books donated to our library will be reviewed in the earliest possible issue of the quarterly. "ANSEARCHIW" NEWS Vol. 35, No.4, Winter 1~88 The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS, ISSN 110003-5246, is published quarterly in March, June, September and December for $15.00 per year by the Tennessee Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 111249, Memphis, TN 38111-1249. Second Class postage paid at Memphis, TN. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS, P.O. Box 111249, Memphis, TN 38111-1249. Copyright 1988 by THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY I whr WrUUrl16rr (&ruralngiral 1IIIlagaziurl' "i\usrurrqiu·'Nrws • Mrs. Daniel E. West, Editor VOLUME 35 WINTER 1988 NUMBER 4 - CONTENTS - OVER THE EDITOR'S DESK ... 146 ONTO THEIR SWORDS - THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE AT FRANKLIN · 147 CONFEDERATE PRISONERS TAKEN AT THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN 149 FAMILY GATHERINGS .••...••..•...•.... • 153 Thompson, Haislip-Duffey, Beasley-Harrison, Woods MEMPHIS/SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE ARCHIVES - PROBATE RECORDS 157 James Avery, Marshall Smith PETITIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF TENNESSEE .....•. 159 Bledsoe, Robertson, Montgomery Counties and Christian and togan Counties Kentucky HUMPHREYS COUNTY, TENNESSEE 1837 TAX LIST 165 MARRIAGES AND DEATHS ABSTRACTED FROM NEWSPAPERS 170 DYER COUNTY, TENNESSEE DEED BOOK A · 171 1847 PETITION FROM GRUNDY COUNTY, TENNESSEE ..•. 175 INDEX TO OBITUARIES IN "THE APPEAL", 1863-1864 . •••• 177 MISCELLANEOUS COURT RECORDS, BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 1795-1834 183 TENNESSEE NATIVES IN MARRIAGE BOOK I, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 184 ROBERTSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WILLS, ABSTRACTS FROM BOOK I, 1796-1811 185 BOOK REVIEWS . 190 NEWS AND NOTES FROM OTHER PUBLICATIONS . 193 QUERIES ••.... ... 195 VOLUME 35 SURNAME INDEX 201 146 "Ansearchin'" News OVER THE EDITOR'S DESK As we prepare this last issue of 1988 (our 35th year of continuous publishing) and review the past year, we see great strides forward for the Tennessee Genealogical Society. Although we have been in our present quarters for only four years, we have added yet another office this year. In addition to our offices for the magazine, the sales room and the library with its reading room, we have acquired another of­ fice for the administration of our business. We have bought two computers and are learning how to make them work for us. Our library has increased by about 225 books, and our sales room seems to pulsate with reprints coming in and mail bags going out. One of our major acquisitions has yet to materialize, but the wheels are in motion, and we are eagerly awaiting six boxes of books from the library of Mr. John Codding­ ton, who was our guest in October. This will greatly expand our New England collec­ tion. The item on disappearing family cemeteries, which appeared in this column in our Summer issue, has generated response from several people. The latest is a letter from Deloris Wynne-Riley of San Antonio. Her great-great-grandparents are buried in a family plot on what was the old Wynne farm near the Naval Air Base at Millington, Shelby Co., TN. A 1971 photograph shows the broken stones in disarray, but a search last year failed to reveal even the fragments. Buried there are: Peter Davis Wynne, died 11 May 1859 aged 68 years; Mary Ann Jones Persons Wynne, his wife, born 4 Nov 1800 - died 12 Nov 1848; Mary A.J. Wynne, 1st wife of John W. Bond. Mrs. Wynne­ Riley has records of the Wynne, Persons, Davis and Terrell lines, which she is will­ ing to share. Interested persons may write to her at 103 Hunters Branch South, San Antonio, TX 78231. Another interesting letter came from John T. Hunley, Destinations Unlimited, 7240 Crowder Blvd. #100, New Orleans, LA 70127-1910. He says that on 17 Feb 1864 the CSS H.L. Hunley sank the Union frigate, USS Housatonic, off the coast of Charleston, SC. That event made the Hunley the world's first successful submarine. Because the sub­ marine was built in Mobile, AL, there will be a celebration in that city at the Admiral Semmes Hotel on 17 Feb 1989. Anyone with an interest in the Hunley/Hundley name is invited to attend and bring whatever information he/she may have to share. For further information you may write Mr. Hunley at the above address or call him at this number •.. (504) 241-7997. This is the time of the year to think of calendars, and although we will be well in­ to the new year by the time you receive this issue, perhaps this next item will be helpful still. It is a Genealogical Notebook Calendar for 1989. The format is in book form, 8~xll and plastic spiral-bound, printed on ecru heavy stock paper. The right-hand pages carry the calendar, leaving room for notes to be added by you. The left-hand pages hold general information on genealogy, thereby becoming a quick and handy reference tool for all researchers. Some of the information topics are: Information Available in Census Records (title of each column heading for 1790-1910); Sources for Genealogical Research (an extensive check-list); Genealogy Terminology; U.S. Vital Records for Each State (addresses of every office and price for copies) and the Dewey Decimal System Numbers for Countries, Regions, and States. The price is $7.00, and the calendar may be ordered from Old Time Publications, N. 3420 Don­ wood, Spokane, WA 99216-1707 (WA residents add 7.8% sales tax, please). Thanks to Clarence W. Spence, this issue contains our newly computerized index. He has spent countless hours mastering the beast, and promises that it will not be so time-consuming in the future. Thank you for your patience with modern progress. Winter 1988 147 ONTO THEIR SWORDS - The Army of Tennessee at Franklin by Kevin Duke, Company C, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, Re-enactment Unit On the last day of November 1864, while Grant's army lay siege to Richmond and Peters­ burg, and Sherman's army burned its way through Georgia, one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles broke out in the small Tennessee town of Franklin. Why? In July of that year, John Bell Hood replaced Joe Johnston as commander of the Con­ federate Army of Tennessee. His bloody frontal assaults failed to save Atlanta, as did his subsequent maneuvers to lure Sherman north, in order to retake the city. Groping for a way to "turn the War around," Hood renewed the old Confederate dream of invading the North. While Sherman would "march to the sea," Hood intended to march to the Ohio River. Sherman let him go, believing he had left enough troops behind to deal with the rem­ nants of Hood's army. However, the Union forces were much dispersed, spread out to cover Sherman's supply lines during the Atlanta campaign. Hood moved quickly, and gobbled up several small garrisons. It appeared that he might defeat such garrisons all the way into Nashville, if he continued to move quickly. Unfortunately, Hood paused two weeks, awaiting supplies and crossing the Tennessee River. The delay al­ lowed Union forces to concentrate two strong corps under Gen. John Schofield at the Duck River crossings in Columbia, Tennessee. On November 29, Hood launched a bold plan that almost worked. Leaving his artillery and one of his three corps to hold Schofield's attention at Columbia, Hood threw his other two corps, well vanguarded by the cavalry of Nathan Bedford Forrest, around Schofield's flank.