I I u~. h. 1f'M ..nUnrUrr4~lU \ ~tUtn Published by THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Memphis, Tennessee .. Mrs. Gene .F~ Davis, Editor I VOLUME 25 SUMMER, 1978 NUMBER 2 - CONTENTS - LIBRARY NOTES - The Territorial Papers of the United States ~ ... 51 BOOK REVIEWS ••••••••••••••t '.' ••,••••••••• ••• 52 NEWS AND NOTES FROM OTHER PUBLICATIONS . .. ••• 58 LOCAL COLOR •••.••• 59 . .. .. ••• 11 . •• · . WILSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, MARRIAGE BONDS ·. .. 60 GIBSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TAX LIST - 1836 ••• · . ••• 65 WARREN COUNTY, TENNESSEE, DEED BOOK D •• · . · . .71 INDEX TO QUESTIONNAIRES OF CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS • . · . ••• 77 SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, COURT MINUTES, BOOK I, 1820-1824 (Abstracts) ••• 83 ARDEN ANDREWS' WILL, MARTIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA . 88 OVERTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, INDEX TO 1840 CENSUS ••• •• 89 OVERTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 1840 REVOLUTIONARY AND MILITARY PENSIONERS. 94 TENNESSEE NEWS ITEMS FROM CATAWBA JOURNAL • · ... · .. ••• 94 QUERIES •••••••• . .. .. 95 J THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P. O. Box 12124 Memphis, Tennessee 38112 OFFICERS AND STAFF FOR 1978 President Mr. S. Caya Phillips Vice President Mrs. Augusta Brough Recording Secretary Mrs. F. M. O'Neal Correspondence Secretary Mrs. Wilma Sutton Cogdell Librarian Mrs. Vivian L. Briggs Assistant Librarian Mrs. John D. Tyus Surname Index Secretary Mrs. Curtis Craven Treasurer Mr. John Hollis Editor Mrs. Gene F. Davis Associate Editor Mrs. Daniel E. West Director Mrs. Charles Roy Gilley Director Mrs. Charles Barham, Jr. LIBRARY STAFF EDITORIAL STAFF BUSINESS STAFF Mrs. F. H. O'Neal Miss Myrtle She1 ton Mr. Claude Deshazo Mrs. Jane Hollis Mrs. Jane Hollis Mrs. Charles Roy Gilley Mrs. Mary Kay Loomis Mr. Herman L. Bogan Mr. Joe Maxey Mrs. Robert Louis Cox Dr. James R. Johnson Mrs. Robert Louis Cox Mrs. Cecil D. Briscoe Mrs. Henry N. Crimes Miss Jessie Webb Mrs. Charles West Mr. Floyd Simpson, Jr. Mr. Thomas P. Hughes, Jr. "Ansearchin'" News is the official publication of THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY; published quarterly in March, June, September, and December; annual subscription $7.00. All subscriptions begin with the first issue of the year. Non-delivery of any issue should be reported to THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY within one month of date of usual delivery if a second copy is to be supplied free of charge. Subscribers may submit one query each year for free pub­ lication; additional queries will be accepted on a "space available" basis. Con­ tributions 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 subject to editing to conserve space. Every effort will be made to publish accurate material; however, neither TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, "Ansearchln II' 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 put on file in our library for the use of our members. Books donated to our library will be reviewed tn the earliest pos81ble issue of the quarterly. Summer, 1978 51 LIBRARY NOTES - The Territorial Papers of the United States B~ James R. Johnson, Reference Librarian and first assistant, History and Travel Department, Memphis-Shelby County Library and Information Center The publication uf th~ TerriL~rial Papers of the United states was begun in 1934 under tIle editorship of Clarenc~ E. Carter. The papers consist of the official records of the Federal Territories, the areas which eventually became states of the Union. The multi-volume work is still in progress, and will eventually include records for all uf the territorial units of the continental United States. From 1790 to 17Yo, priur to its becoming a state, Tennessee was part of an area known as Lhe Territory South of the River Ohio. The significant papers concerning the Territory South of the River Ohio are compiled in Volume IV of the Territorial Papers. and wen:, published in 1936. Volume IV does not include all of the papers which were available for the six-year period, but it does include those documents which \lere available in the National Archives & the State Archives of North Caro­ lina ane '~~utlessee, as yell as various uth~r collections. However. the selection of officia~. papers was drawn principally from the archives of the Departments of State and War. the files of the United States Senate, and the Manuscript Division of the ~ibrary of Congress. The n~terial is arranged in chronological sequence, and the entire volume has a complete index of about 30 pages. Basically the papers fall into tyO general categories: 1) civil administration and 2) Indian relations. There were few problems concerning the territory's civil administration; therefore, there are not many records in this category. There are no land records in the papers, because the Federal government failed to issue grants in Tennessee. Th~ Tennessee territorial papers, however, have a large number of documents re­ lating to the Illdian policy of the government. These are helpful in understanding the total government policies which led to the removal of the Indians from the state. The records are also valuable tools for those interested in the movement of white settlers into the region. The papers include a complete copy of the Journal of the Proceedings of Gov­ ernor Blount in the Territory South of the Ohio, 1790-1796 which is perhaps of greatest valu~ to the genealogist. In the Journal are included numerous names of the carly settlers in the territory. TIle Journal is replete with listings of ptrsons appointed to positions in the local militia or in the civil government. In addition. the Journal includes the names of persons who were required to obtain licenses from the territorial government. Thus, one will find names of persons a~thorized to practice law. traue with the Indians, etc. In cOllclusion, Th~ Territorial Papers of the United States, Volume IV, The Territory South of the River Ohio, 1790-1796 can be of great assistance to the genealogist researching Tennessee ancestors. Although the volume covers a period from which there is a scarcity of surviving records, many genealogists fail to use it. This could be due, in part, to the fact that in many libraries the Territorial Papers are housed in the government publications department. As a rp9ult. the work does not appear in the library's card catalog even thougb most puhlic and academ~c libraries of medium-to-Iarge size will have the entir~ set. If you cannot locate the volume in your local library. ask the librarlan for assis­ tance. If you have TenneHsee ancestors who arrived in the state during its ter­ rItorial period, you may find this work of great value. 52 "Ansearchin'" News BOOK REVIEl-lS by Herman L. Bogan WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, MAR~IAGE RECORDS, l800-l8S0.compiled and published by Wilena Roberts Bejach and Lillian Johnson Gardiner. 1957. 296 pages plus index. Order from Gardiner-Bejach, 43 Belleair Drive, Memphis, TN 38104. $15.00 This work records more than 5,000 marriages from one of Tennessee's earliest (formed late 1799 from Davidson Co.) and most strategically located counties. In addition to brides', grooms', and bondsmen's names, and dates of license issue, the book lists, when available, the names of persons performing the ceremony and the date of marriage. This book is well-arranged for easy use--marriages are listed alphabetically by grooms' names; brides names are indexed. THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF ARKANSAS, VOlS. I, II, III by Dallas T. Herndon. 1922. Reprinted 1977. Hard backs. Total of over 3366 pages. Indexed. Order from South­ ern Historical Press, c/o Rev. S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., Easley, SC 29640. $37.50 each volume. Vol. I recounts the history of Arkansas from French and Spanish ownership up to 1921 with major sections on early days, industry, education, military, and local history. The author makes liberal use of names, especially in the section list­ ing the wars in which Arkansans fought, and in the political history describing presidential campaigns and each gubernatorial administration. Vols. II and III contain biographical sketches through 1923--many of them giving family lines back to the Colonial Period. These are handsome books, individually indexed. ECHOLS NOTES, VOL. I by Rebecca Echols Terry. 1977. Soft backs. Over 192 pages. Indexed. Order from the author, 1414 Monterrey Dr, SE, Huntsville, AL 35801. $12.00 This book contains marriages, wills and administrations, and census records from VA, NC. SC, TN, AL, and MS collected directly from county records, from census microfilm, from other published works and from correspondents. Every conceivable spelling of the name has been included--63 of them, in fact--from Acles to Eck­ hoolds. This book can save the searcher for th8;name months of research time. BIOGRAPHICAL AND PICTORIAL HISTORY OF ARKANSAS by John Hallum, Vol. I. 1887. Re­ printed 1978. Hard back. Over 581 pages. Order from Southern Historical Press, c/o Rev. S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., P. O. Box 738, Easley, SC 29640. $25.00 This ~ook, first intended to be a work on the Bench and Bar of Arkansas, grew into d highly readable, almost chatty account of Arkansas' famous and infamous. It is a delight to the historian ~nd genealo6ist alike, for in the scores of biographical sketches the author has included, he not only records who was kin to whom, but fre­ quently, how that relationship influenced politics. He covers at length the Con­ way-Rector-Sevier family which has produced numbers of governors of KY, TN, and AR. Most of Mr. Hallum'R subjects were born in states east of Arkansas and he meticu­ louslv records their parenta~e, place of birth, education and migration. Typical pf hiB RketcheR 1s one on Robert Crockett which tells of Crockett's youthful way­ Wardnf'H8, lnctuoeR vignettt's of Crockett's grandfather, navy, and gives a brief hA"k~rmmd of the Crockl't t fum'Uy in TN.
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