J) earchin'1l£U15 - Quarterly - Mrs. Edwin Miles Standefer, Editor VOLUNE 17 OCTOBER - DECEMBER 1970 NUMBER 4 - CONTENTS - THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER. 151 NOTES FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK .. 152 BOOK REVIEWS. 153 WILLIAN STALCUP BIBLE 156 WEST TENNESSEE DISTRICT LAND GRANTS, BOOK·lA .. 157 \-lILLIAN CROCKETT BIBLE. 162 11ARRL~GE RECORDS, SUMNER COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 1787-1838 163 1878 YELIOH FEVER EPIDEMIC IN NEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE. 168 INDEX TO THE 1840 CENSUS OF GIBSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. 174 THOHAS blALKER - COLEt-iAN - FULKS DEED. •. 180 t.JALTER HICKMAN JONES FANILY •. 180 FORNER TENN. CITIZEN IS HONORED BY TEXAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY 180 1850 MORTALITY SCHEDULE, GIBSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. .181 REVOWTIONARY AND MILITARY PENS IONERS, GIBSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE • 182 WItSON ~D SUMNER COUNTIES, TE~~ESSEE PETITION, 1807. ... 183 INDEX TO THE 1840 CENSUS OF HENDERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. 184 1850 MORTALITY SCHEDULE, HENDERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. .•. 190 REVOLUTIONARY AND MILITARY PENSIONERS, HENDERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.. 191 QUERIES. NUMBER 70-208 THROUGH 70-285 ....•••...... .. 192 THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY POST OFFICE BOX 12124, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38112 "ANSEARCHIN' " NEWS the official publication of the Tennessee Genealogical Society Published Quarterly - Annual Subscription $6.00 all subscriptions start with first issue~ of year OFFICERS AND STAFF FOR ·1970 President Mrs. T. Rivers Young Vice-President MissJessieT. Webb Treasurer Mr. S. Caya Phillips Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Sidney Wilroy Recording Secretary Mrs. John W. McDonald Director of Research Miss Bernice Cole Librarian Advisor Mr. Laurence B. Gardiner Advisor Mrs. Byron G. Hyde Editor: Mrs. Edwin M. Standefer Associate Editor: Mrs. Henry N. Moore EDITORIAL STAFF Secretary to the Editor Mrs. Robert Louis Cox Query Editor Miss Bernice Cole Miss Jessie T. Webb Mr. S. E. Fowler Mr. Herman L. Bogan Col. & Mrs. Byron G. Hyde Miss Myrtle Shelton Mrs. Albert Curl Dr. Edwina Campbell Mrs. Gene Davis Mr. Jonathan K. Smith, C.G. Mr. & Mrs. J. Mobley ColIinsworth Winter 1970 -151 THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER Dear Members: Hllen you receive your issue of "Ansearchin'" News, it will be almost the end of the year. We feel that it' has been a good year with SOme changes, brought on by the growth of our Society. We have moved into our offLce at 2233 Madison Avenue, which will centralize our properties. Our Editor and Librarian can function more efficiently in this space, which being in a mid-town location is also convenient for our members. Further information will be given on meeting notices; . We have arranged with the Main Library, McLean and Peabody, for meetings in January, April, July and October, every third Monday, 7:30 p.m. (subject to change). We ar~ considering inviting a speaker for a one-day seminar instead of a night meeting. In any case, members will be notified. lie have had many compliments on our speakers and a day seminar gives time for the speaker to do justice to his subject. Last year, the Society bought a microfilm reader for the Editorial Staff's use. \.J'e expect delivery soon on another reader for our members I use in the office. We will order microfilmed court records of Tennessee which are available. At our new location, we need chairs and tables, so i.f you have either and feel generous, we are in a receptive mood. We are s~ddened by the death of Miss Bernice Cole, Research Director and Query Editor. Bernice was a person of sound judgement and reliability. She will be greatly missed. Due to our loss of Bernice, the queries are being edited by Mrs. Henry N. Moore, Associate Editor. Understandably, there is some delay, but Mrs. Moore will be ready for this issue. At this time, the office of Query Editor has not been filled. Mrs. Reeves Hughes, Jr. has been elected by the Board to fill Miss Cole's position of Research Director. We are indeed fortunate to have Mrs. Hughes accept. Betty is an excellent worker and thoroughly interested in genealogy, having Virginia and South Carolina ancestors of note. Betty was a Legal Secretary before her present career, mother of two sons and wife to Mr. Reeves Hughes, Jr., breeder of Registered Angus Cattle. Their home and farm is near Germantown, Tenn. We look forward to having her work with us. Mr. John Frederick Dorman was our guest speaker, October 17, on Virginia and Maryland. To have had Mr. Dorman as our final speaker of the year sets a precedent for us. We think he was impressed with our contributions to the Genealogical Section of Cossitt-Goodwyn Library. We found him a delightful personaIity. A reminder--we will have someone capable at our study meetings to assist those who wish to further their family lines from material gleaned from research. On arrival, please sign name list. Don't forget to have your data organized. It is next to impossible to grasp the facts otherwise. There is a very helpful article in THE GENEALOGICAL HELPER, Dec. 1963, March 1964, June 1964, Dec. 1964. This is a very detailed and comprehensive article. Would you believe that I copied every word? ~/ Sin;erely , ~~4~',-,'. ~<.C- Katherine M. oung ~ "Ansearchin'" News -152- NOTES FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Your editor is working with a heavy heart, this issue, due to the loss of not only a beloved friend, but also of a very talented Query Editor. Miss Bernice Cole, who passed away, suddenly, on October 17, 1970, has been a reliable source of comfort to your editor ever since she tackled this job for "Ansearchin'" News. No one will miss her more. ********* *** ***** NEWS AND NOTES ON OTHER PUBLICATIONS HISTORIC MAURY, Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Mrs. Wm. Shackelford, Editor, 210 First Ave., Mt. Pleasant, Tenn. 38474. Quarterly, $3.00 per year. Single copies $0.50. Volume 6, #3 contains records of the Silver Creek Presby­ terian Church, 1842-1867; Maury County School Census, 1838. MISSISSIPPI GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY, Mr. Norman E. Gillis, Editor, P. O. Box 9114, Shreveport, La. 71109. Quarterly, soft cover, $6.00 annually, hard cover $10.00. Vol. II #4, October 1970, has a list of surnames appearing in the 1850 Census of Mississippi; 1837 Census of Jones Co., Miss. cash entry abstracts of the Columbus, Miss. Land Office and Rankin County, Miss. Bond and Will Book I, 1832. THE COLONIAL GENEALOGIST, (new series), Rodney and Patricia Hartwell, Editors, 945 2nd Street, Hermosa Beach, Calif. 90254. Vol #3, #1 has family lineages on the Waits of Virginia; Griffiths of Pa.; Chavez of New Mexico as well as a course outline for teaching genealogy. Price $7.00 per year. THE ARKANSAS FAMILY HISTORIAN, Arkansas Genealogical Society, Mrs. Dolores Murphy, Editor, Box 587, Conway, Ark. 72032. Quarterly $5.00 a year. Vol. 8 #2 carries the "Fincastle Papers" found in a vault in Montgomery Co., Va. containing the Muster Roll of Capt. Wm. Love's Co. of Revolutionary soldiers from Montgomery Co.; a Vault Family History 1780 - 1956; Atkins Family History, 1841 - 1863; family record of Thomas Jones Harp and a McDaniel (McDonald) Bible record. THE DETROIT SOCIETY FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH, Mrs. Ralph W. Harminson, Editor, c/o The Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Ave. at Kirby, Detroit, Mich. Vol 33 #4 Summer 1970 contains many interesting data. Included are: Thomas Barnum of Conn., N.Y.; 1833 Tax List of Porter, Oxford Co., Maine; Bible and Family Records of Barningham, Humphrey, Buckingham, Janvier, Kemp-Bell, Merritt, Millard, Harmon, Ward. One line of descent from Edward Allyn, Ipswich, Mass. THE ALFORD FAMILY BULLETIN, Mrs. Lewis O. Bowman, Sr., Editor, 17 N. Summit Dr., #202, Gaithersburg, Md. 20760. The first of these has a chart of Jacob Alford of St. Tammany Parish, La. who was granted land there 1809; Alfords in the 1790 census of Md., N.C., Pa., S.C., Va. and an index to 1810 census of Va. Many other records on this family are published. THE ST. LOUIS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, 1695 S. Brentwood Blvd., Room 216, St. Louis, Mo. 63144. $4.00 annually plus $2.00 registration fee. Vol 3-#3, Sept. 1970, delineates the record of Mary Nealy, born near Charleston, S.C., Aug. 1761, who married George Spears, born Feb. 27, 1785; Sims Family Bible; earliest records of the First Catholic Church of St. Louis; Declaration of Intention to become an American Citizen found in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. Some of these declarations are as early as 1839. A BULLETIN OF LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY, West Texas Genealogical Society, Mrs. Marion E. Eversdyk, Editor, 1248 Elm St., Abilene, Tex. 79602. Quarterly. Vol. XII #3, July 1970, has a list of MEN OF THE ALAMO; will of John Berry, 1866/7; Brinson Family History, desc. of Thomas Brinson of Norfolk Co., Va., who died ca 1676; Skinner-Brown Family. Winter 1970 -153- BOOK REVIEWS Reviewed by Herman L. Bogan PONTOTOC COUNTY, OKLAHOMA CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS, VOLUME III,compiled and published (1970), by the Pontotoc County Historical and Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 1646, Ada, Oklahoma 74820. Soft cover, 85 pages, $5.00. Cemeteries listed: Allen, Black Rock and Five Mile, alphabetically arranged. Additions to previously printed inscriptions of Volumes I & II are included. ABSTRACTS OF THE RECORDS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN INDIANA, PART THREE, (Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume VII), edited by Willard Heiss (1970), 553 pages, soft cover, meeting entries alphabe­ tized. Published by the Indian Historical Society, 140 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. Paper cover $12.50, cloth cover $15.00. Mr. Heiss points out that part one of this compilation contains a concise account of the Friends and their customs generally and should lend to an insight into these.