- Quarterly - Mrs. Edwin Miles Standefer, Editor VOLUME 17 APRIL - JUNE 1970 NUMBER 2 COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, ISS UE - CONTENTS - THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER. ..51 NOTES FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK. .52 BOOK REVIEWS. ..... .53 1840 COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE CENSUS .55 WILLIAM BOYDSTON, REVOLUTIONARY PENS ION .59 1850 MORTALITY SCHEDULE, COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE. .60 1860 MORTALITY SCHEDULE, CQCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE. .61 1880 MORTALITY SCHEDUlE, COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE. .63 BIG PIDGEON~BAPTIST CHURCH, COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 1787-1874.. .66 MINUTES OF COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, DEED BOOK E ..69 ELISHA T. CONDLEY OBITUARY. .... .85 ELI MASSEY - MARY DAVIS MARRIAGE LICENSE. .85 THOMAS DAVIS - JANE DONNELL MARRIAGE LICENSE. .86 ELI AND MARY MASSEY DEED. ......... .. .86 MARRIAGE RECORDS, SUMNER COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 1787-1838 . ..87 QUERIES. NUMBER 70-69 THROUGH 70-136 ... .91 THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY POST OFFICE BOX 12124, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38112 "ANSEARCHIN' " NEWS the official publication of th~ 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 Miss Jessie T. 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. ByronG. Hyde Miss Myrtle Shelton Mrs. Albert Curl Dr. Edwina Campbell Mrs. Gene Davis Mr. Jonathan K. Smith, C.G. Mr. & Mrs. J. Mobley Collinsworth -51- Summer 1970 THE PRES !DENT I S lETTER Dear Members, By this time, we hope you've planned to attend the Seminar, July 18, Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Pi Kappa Alpha National Headquarters, 577 University. Please make checks payable, Tennessee Genealogical Society, Box 12124, Memphis, Tennessee 38112, $3.00. This fee includes lunch catered by Robilio's. Hostesses will be Chairman, Thelma Wilson, Alyce Garson, Jewel Standefer and Katherine Young. Jessie Webb, Vice President, is in charge of the Seminar. We wish to take this opportunity to thank the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity for their generous cooperation in extending to us the use of the lovely roomS at the Fraternity house. We are proud to be associated with them. Deadline for regis­ tration is July 16. We are pleased Mr. Leon S. Hollingsworth will be our speaker-­ his subject, "Migratory Patterns into and out of Georgia," with related subjects. Mrs. Hollingsworth will be our guest also. We look forward to their visit with us. On April 20, Monday evening, Mr. Jas. L. Garthright, spoke to us on "Legal Terms in Old Records." It was interesting and entertaining. We wish to express our appreciation to Mr. Garthright for sharing his busy schedule with us. Mr. Hugh B. Johnston, Jr. of Wilson, North Carolina, has accepted our invitation as our guest in 1971 provided he doesn't teach summer school. At a recent "book exchange" meeting, we were delighted to have Miss Reba Orman, Head, Local History and Genealogical Section. and Mr. Nathan Josel Jr., Head, History Department, visit us. We planned a "group visit" to Cossitt Library. We feel the necessity of learning how to use the card catalogue and indexes. Once we have familiarized ourselves with the files, we can easily locate a book on the shelves. We will keep you informed on further developments. It is appropriate at this time to mention the growth of our library system here in Memphis and our association with them. When the building is completed at Mclean, one floor will be devoted to History and Genealogy, with a trained staff; Thus making the library one of the finest research centers in the south. We might add that many out-of-town subscribers may find it interesting and inspiring to learn that the Tennessee Genealogical Society, formerly Memphis Genealogical Society, was founded by a small group of dedicated people of forethought. At first, on a small scale, they placed genealogical books in Cossitt Library through the sale of "Ansearchin'" News. Since then, many volumes have found their way to the shelves of Cossitt. We aspire to follow their concepts and continue to grow in stride in our future association with the Library. The charter members first met in the homes of the members. For a long time, this was continued. Now we meet every third Monday at ~ the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity House at 10:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. every month ex­ cepting January, April, July and October, then at 7:30 p.m. at McLean Library. Charter members: Virginia Brooks, founder and first President; Nancy Caradine, Evelyn Brooks, Mary Deupree, Ruth Warner, Wilena Bejach, Bertie Bates, Helen Carney, Melville Page, Frances Clark, Ruth Hooker, Sadie Maxwell, Margaret Ayres, Lelia Reynolds, Grace Love, Laurence and Lillian Gardiner, Jennie Allensworth, France McKitrick, Betty Cartwright, Louise Widman, Margaret Bell, Wilma George, Cleo Scott, Ne ]lie Ayres and Ruth Duncan. Our Treasurer, Mr. Caya Phillips, and Jewel Standefer, Editor, report we have had excellent response in both departments. Mrs. Henry Crymes has been elected to the office of Librarian. A book, "The Plantagenet Ancestry," has been placed in the Library as a memorial to Ruth Henley Duncan and "Living Descendants of Blood Roya]" by Count d'Angerville in memory of Margaret McNeill Ayres. By the time you receive this issue, many of you will be on trips doing research. I wish you happy hunting and good luck. Sincerely, ~w~~~.d?1f4-<-~(j Katherine McGinnis Young' "Ansearchin'" News -52- NOTES FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK The staff of "Ansearchin'" News expresses its sincere appreciation to Miss Mary Rowe Ruble, Historian of Cocke County, Tennessee, for her contribution of the only extant record book left in the county after the courthouse burned in 1876. Miss Nancy Lampson prepared the deed manuscript which is of such importance to those doing research in that area that we are omitting, this issue, the Yellow Fever Deaths in Memphis, 1878, and the West Tennessee Land Grants. The compi­ lation of these Cocke County data provides our readers with a new and fulsome history of persons living in that portion of East Tennessee. The indefatigable researcher on this project has been Mr. T. P. Hughes, Jr., to whom we owe a debt of gratitude. *** CORRECTION *** One of our subscribers, familiar with the Madison County, Tennessee records, has brought to our attention an error in deciphering, from microfilm, a name listed on page 6], 1840 Census of Madison County. This name read as Robert J. Cluster should be Robert J. Chester. Mr. Chester was the prominent citizen whose name was given to the new county of Chester in 1875. Please correct your pages so that this eminent gentleman will be included. *** NEWS AND NOTES *** t-1rs. LeRoy Floyd, Route 2, Box 194, Duck Hill, Mississippi 38925, Editor of PENNINGTON PEDIGREES, is eager to contact Penningtons everywhere. All four copies, lY69, have been received by our librarian. Why not share your Pennington family papers with Mrs. Floyd for publication? THE CHICAGO GENEALOGIST,Vol. 2, #2, contains many Cook County, Illinois records, <'IS well as the William Cooke and Elizabeth Young Bible. Quarterly - $3.00 yearly. Order from: Marjorie Smith, Editor, 7521 Randolph St., Forest Park, Ill. 60131. Mr. Damon A. Veach, Editor of GENEALOGICAL BI-WAYS, announces a new APPALACHIAN QUARTERLY/SAINTS OR HORSE THIEVES? A family History and Report. $6.00 per year. Order from: Mr. Veach, 1420 Roma Lane, Fort Worth, Texas 76134. Cumberland County Genealogical Society, Greenup, Ill. 62428, has made us a gift of Vol. 5, #1, of THE HAPPY HUNTER. $5.00 annually. LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Cooperating with the Dallas Public Library, donated Vol. XVI, #1, 1970, Quarterly. $6.00 a year. Order from: Mrs. R. E. Dishman, Editor, 10609 Longmeadow Drive, Dallas, Texas 75230. THE TREESEARCHER, Vol. XII, #1, 1970, published by The Kansas Genealogical Society, offers yearly memberships: $5.00 single; $7.50 family; $3.00 Libraries. Quarterly. Order from: Mrs. Ervin Shaw, Treasurer, Box 323, Protection, Kansas 67127. DANIELS - DANIELLS FAMILY NOTES AND NEWS, Vol. 4, 1Fl, 1970, has been received as a gift from the Editor, Mr. J. Harrison Daniels. $2.00 a year; also, a first issue of THE SYMONS - SIMONS FAMILY NEWSLETTER, also published by Mr. Daniels, $2.00 yearlY. Order both from the editor, 213 S. Rolling Road, Catonsville, Maryland 212213. A new query section is being printed in the Nacagdoches Sentinel and the Redland Herald (Texas) once a week. Those seeking information in E. Texas are invited to submit a query to Mrs. Joe Erickson, 1614 Redbud St., Nacagdoches, Texas 75961. The Mid-West Tennessee Genealogical Society, publishing FAMILY FINDINGS, is to be congratulated on their excellent printings of West Tennessee court records. Order from: Mrs. 1. R. Mitchell, Editor, P.O. Box 3175, Murray Sta., Jackson, Tenn. 38301. Quarterly. 55.00 yearly. Summer 1970 -53- BOOK REVIEWS Reviewed by Herman L. Bogan NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY VIRGINIA WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS 1713-1749, compiled and published by James F. Lewis and J. Motley Booker, M.D. (1967), 217 pages, soft cover, index with over 600 family names. Order from J. Motley Booker, M.D., Lottsburg, Virginia 22511. Price: $10.50. Many of the family names listed in the 35 page index are later found in other Northern Neck Counties and other parts of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and other states. The authors state that although certain record books have been lost, the order books still exist and evidence of wills once extant are noted therefrom.