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) ~~w~~ .~~"JJ ) ~~~ an! (Qrrhin' Rewa ,"" Published by The Tennessee Genealogical Society - Quarterly - Mrs. Edwin Miles Standefer, Editor ) VOLUME 16 OCTOBER - DECEMBER 1969 NUMBER 4 LAUDERDALE COUNtY, TENNESSEE ISSUE ) - CONTENTS - THE PRES IDENT I S LETTER. •••• .. .. .. .. • 151 NOTES FROM THE EDITOR I S DESK. • • 152 BOOK REVIEWS. ••• 0 .0 • '. • 153 1878 YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC IN MEMPHIS AND SHET..BY CO., TENN. 156 ) 1840 CENSUS OF lAUDERDALE COUNTY," TENNESSEE, ••••• 0 • • 0 •• 161 lAUDERDALE COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, BOOK A (1838-1850). • 163 INDEX TO WILLS, lAUDERDALE COUNn, TENNESSEE. ~ . .. 169 ROANE CO., TENN. - PAUPERS ... .. .. ..-. '. .. eo • ". •• 172 MARRIAGE RECORDS OF SUMNER COUNtY, TENNESSEE 0 •• 177 WEST TENNESSEE DISTRICT, lAND GRANTS, BOOK 1A • . .. 183 QUERIES. NUMBER 69 -182 THROUGH 69-246. ••• .. .. •• 191 ) / ) THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, POST OFFICE BOX 12124, MEMPHtS, TENN.~8H2 OFFICERS AND STAFF FOR 1969 President Mr. William L. Crawford Vi~e President Mrs•. HenryN. Moore Treasurer Mr. S. caya Phnlips Corresponding Secretary MinJ_ieT. Webb Recording S$Cretary Mrs. Rit~ Young Director of ResE!arch Miss Bernice Cole librarian Mrs. Ro~ l.ollis Cox Advisor Mrs; Lauren~e B. Gardiner Advisor Mrs. Bunyan M. Webb Parliamentarian Mrs. Lois D. Beisch Editor Mrs. Edwin M. Standefer Editorial Staff Miss Bernice Cole Mr. & Mrs. J.MObtey Collinsworth Col. 8tMrs. Bvron G. Hyde Mrs. Gene Davis Mrs. Bunyan M. Webb Mrs. Albert Curl If you are searching for ancestors in Tennessee. remember "Anseatchin' " News the official publication of The Tennessee Genealogical Society. Published quarterly - Annual SUbscription$6.DO All subscriptions begin with first issue of year All subscribers are requested to send· queries for free publication. Write for four - quarter advertising rates The Tennessee GenealogicalSociety, "ANSEARCHIN' " NEWS or the Editor assumes no responsibility for opinions or errol'S offact expressed by contributors or advertisers. The Tennessee Genealogical Society offers the foHowil'lg publications for sale: "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS: Volume 1-6 for 1954~1959, Seeol'ld Editiol'l ($10.00) _ Volume 7 for 1960, Second Printing ($ 6.00) --.,;. _ Volume 8 for 1961, Second Printing ($ 6.00) __......._ Volume 9 for 1962 (Available June 1969) ($6.00) _--.,;.__ Volume 10 for 1963 (Available April 1969) ($ 6.00) __......._ Volume 11 for 1964, Second Pril'lting ($ 6.00) Volume 12 for 1965 ($ 6.00) ---- Volume 13 for 1966 ($6.00) _ Volume 14 for 1967 ($6.00) ...... Volume 15 for 1968 ($ aOO) ~ _ Volume 16 for 1969 ($ 6.00) _ SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1819-1850 ($ .9.00) _~ __ INDEX OF SURNAMES registered by guests of 1967 Seminar ($ 1.00) _ each $ .50 _ "ANSEARCHIN' " NEWS covers - stamped in gold -- no dates NAME Winter 1969 -151- THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER Dear Members, With this issue, we are ending the administration of your present Board. We feel we have made progress in the further development of The Tennessee Genealogical Society to meet its objectives. Our membership at the end of 1968 was 796. As of November 10, 1969, we had 877 subscribing members and are very optimistic that we will reach our goal of 900 by the end of the Calendar year, 1969. We have sold in excess of 350 back issues of our publications during the year. The above indicated sales assure that we can end the year financially solvent. I wish to publicly congratulate Jewel and her staff for the Sesquicentennial Edition of "Ansearchin'" News. They did an excellent job of collecting and assembling infor mation on early Shelby County and West Tennessee. Our 1969 Seminar was a very informative meeting and apparently thoroughly enjoyed by all in attendance. The instructors did an excellent job in presenting their subjects. Mr. Coddington and Mrs. Livingston made themselves available at all times for personal questions and queries. They knew their subjects and were prepared at all times to assist those in attendance. Thanks Virginia and John. We hope you will visit us again. We had 79 registered and 62 attended the banquet. Total receipts were $1,697.55 and expenditures were $1,464.92 with a net profit of $232.63. I was disappointed that so many who participated in the last Seminar were unable to attend this year. A project of this magnitude takes many hours in planning and implementing and it is regrettable when the attendance is below expectations. Betty Moore and her committee did an excellent job in planning and conducting the Seminar. Many thanks to each of you for the hours expended and the good job well done. Our guest speaker for the October night meeting was Mrs. W. O. Harrell, Jackson, Miss. Mrs. Harrell is associated with the Mississippi Archives and gave a very informative presentation on Mississippi records that were available and how they should be used. There were 49 members present which was the largest number we have had at a meeting in several years. Please keep up this type of attendance since it is difficult to obtain good speakers if the attendance is low; and besides, you are missing an opportunity to hear things that will assist you in your research. Officers were elected at the October meeting for the next two years. They will be installed at our January 1970 meeting. They are: President, William L. Crawford (Bill); Vice-President, Mrs. Rivers Young (Katherine); Treasurer, S. Caya Phillips (Caya); Editor, Mrs. Edwin M. Standefer (Jewel); Associate Editor, Mrs. Henry N. Moore (Betty); Recording Secretary, Mrs. John W. McDonald (Ruth); Librarian, Mrs. Charles R. Gilley (Henrietta); Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. R. S. Wilroy (ErIe); Director of Research, Miss Bernice Cole; Director, Four Years, Mrs. Byron G. Hyde (Myrtis); Director, Two Years, Mr. L. B. Gardiner (Laurence). It has been a pleasure to serve as your president during 1969, and I am looking forward to the next two years. Sincerely, ~r~ "Ansearchin' II News -152- NOTE FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Our apologies to Ruth Wyckoff Hunt and her aunt, Mrs. Charles Edward Theobald for the omission of their names as contributors of THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH RECORDS which appeared in the last issue of '~nsearchin'" News. Your editor was not advised of the donors until after its publication. Our thanks to both of these ladies for this valuable contribution. THE GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 521-23 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Md., announced the death of Mr. Jules Chodak, founder of the world's largest genealogical publish ing house, at his home in Baltimore on July 24, 1969. The firm will continue under the leadership of his son, Mr. Barry Chodak. Our sincere sympathy to the family and best wishes for the continued success of the firm. MR. E. RAY KIRKHAM, 2218 Navy St., Santa Monica, Calif. 90405, genealogist, librarian and author of many genealogical text books, announces his return to professional re search in American genealogy. His specialties are finding the immigrant ancestor or extending a pedigree; research for membership in patriotic societiffi; problems that involve the finding and analysis of original documents. He offers to survey anci ana lyze your problem for a fee of $25.00. Please contact Mr. Kirkham if you have a difficult problem. TAX LISTS OF ROANE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 1814-1821 have been published by Mrs. Lloyd G. McLuen, 216 S. Kingston Ave., Rockwood, Tenn. 37854, and Mrs. Ernest Hutcherson, P.O. Box 154, Rockwood, Tenn. Price $12.50. MORT'S RELATIONS, a private family bulletin devoted to recording the past and present histories and current activities of the descendants of Francis and Ruth (Powell) Morton states that copies of back issues are still available. Write Mr. William Markham and Frances (Squires) Morton, 4700 N.W. Barnes Rd., Portland, Ore. 07210. Mr. D. Mitchell Jones, 407 Carlisle Ave., Altamonte Springs, Fla. 32701, is editing a family magazine called KEEPING UP WITH. THE JONES and would like to hear from Jones descendants. Order from the editor, $1.00 per year. THE DETROIT SOCIETY FOR GENEALOGISTS, Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Mich. 48202, has sent us a complimentary copy of Vol. XXXII, #4, Summer 1969. We thank Mrs. Eva Murrell Harrison, Editor, for this issue. Price $5.00. WISCONSIN STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 4521 N. Ardmore Ave., Shorewood, Wis. 53211, offers four issues a year--individual membership $3.00--family $4.00. A 10-year cumulative index to WGS Newsletter may be purchased for $2.25. WELCOME TO NEW GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS MID-WEST GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Mr. James Etheridge, President, 24 Harmony Lane, Jackson, Tenn. 38201. Quarterly $5.00 per year. THE REDWOOD RESEARCHER, Redwood Genealogical Society; Alice Dunn, Editor, P.O. Box 643, Fortuna, Calif. 95540. Quarterly $3.00 annually. BEAVER BRIEFS, The Willamette Valley Genealogical Society; Mrs. Barbara Thorn, Editor, l45-24th St., Salem, Ore. 97301. Quarterly $3.00 per year. TRAILS, North Alabama Genealogical Society; Mrs. Pat Brown, Editor, p.O. Box 55, Decatur, Ala. 35601. Quarterly $3.00 per year. ILLINOIS STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Miss Martha A. Montgomery, Editor, Grey Rocks, Marcoa, Ill. 61756, asks that articles for publication be mailed to her and requests that advertisement rates be sent to Mr. Baird Daniels, 109 Southland Dr., Decatur, Ill. 62521. Winter 1969 -153- BOOK REVIEWS Kcvicwed by Jonathan K. Smith SOME NORTHWEST PIONEER FAMILIES, by Larry H. Hemry (1969), 288 pages, index. Order from Hemry Publications, 112 Broadway, Mount Vernon, Washington 98213. $7.95. It may justly be said that this is a sound genealogy. It is matter-of-fact and interesting to read. Those families involved are the Achilles, Ballantyne, Beckwith, Buroker, Harvey, Hemry, Jolly, Purvine, Walker, White and various related families. Each family section is prefaced by a brief account of its earliest history. DEATH & OBITUARY RECORDS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, compiled by William A. Burns. (Volume I, 1967), 19 pages, $2.50; (Volume II, 1968), 56 pages, $5.00; (Volume III, 1969), 50 pages, $5.00.