) - Quart.rly - Mr•• Edwin Mil•• Stand.f.r. Editar ) VOLUME 16 JANUARy - MARCH 1969 NUMBER 1 -·CONTENTS - THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER. • • . ...... .. 1 ) NOTES FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK •••. ... .. 2 BOOK REVIEWS .•.•.•..••• . ... 3 SETTLERS ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER. .. .. 5 JOHN TAYLOR - MARY NEELY BIBLE. .• 7 MARY NEELY - THOMAS BARRON BIBLE •.• . ... 8 MARY LOUISE BARRON - ROBERT LUCIUS IVY BIBLE •• 9 ) BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TEXAS ••..••• . .. · ... 10 MARRIAGE RECORDS OF SUMNER COUNTY. 1787-1838. .. ... .. .... 11 WEATRERLYS FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO TEXAS • . .. 17 JONATHAN TIPTON·FAMILY NOTES .••••. 19 SMITH AND WILSON COUNTY PETITION - 1801 •• 20 PENSION APPLICATIONS BY UNION VETERANS. ROANE COUNTY. 1867-1868 • 22 ) SURNAME INDEX CARDS .•.• .. .. .. ,; ... 24 CEMETERIES IN WHITE COUNTY .. ·. .. .. .• 25 DEATHS RECORDED IN BIG PIDGEON BAPTIST CHURCH MINUTES 1787-1874 ) 28 WEST TENNESSEE DISTRICT LAND GRANTS • 29 ROANE COUNTY CHANCERY RECORDS ..• · .... .~ 39 ) QUERIES. NUMBER 69-1 THROUGH 69-70. .. .. 41 ) ) THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, POST OFFICE BOX 12124, MEMPHIS, TENN. 38112 OfFICERS AND STAFF FOR 1969 President Mr. William L. Crawford Vice President Mrs. H.~y N. Moore Treasurer Mr. S. Caya Phillips Corresponding Secretary Miss Jessie T. Webb Recording Secretary Mrs. Riv~ Young Director of Research Miss Bernice Collt Librarian Mrs. Robert Louis Cox Advisor Mrs. Laurence B. Gardiner Advisor Mrs. Bunyan M, Webb Parliamentarian Mrs. Lois O. Beisch Editor Mrs. Edwin M. Standefer Editorial Staff Miss Bernice Cole Mr. & Mrs. J. Mobley Collinsworth Col. & Mrs. Byron G. Hyde Mrs. Gene Davis Mrs. Bunyan M. Webb Mrs. Albttrt Curl .If you are searching for ancestors in Tennessee. remember "Ansearchin' " News the official publication of The Tennessee Genealogical Society. Published quarterly -Annual Subscription $6.00 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 GenealogicatSociety, "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS or the Editor assumes no responsibility for opinions or errors offact expresset,lbY contributors or advertisers. The Tennessee Genealogical Society offers the following publications for sale: "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS: Volume 1-6 for 1954~1959. Second Edition ($10.00) _ Volume 7 for 1960. Second Printing ($ 6.00) _ Volume 8 for 1961, Second Printing ($ 6.00) _ ($ 6.00) _ Volume 9 for 1962 (Available June 1969) Volume 10 for 1963 (Available April 1969) ($ 6.00) _ Volume 11 for 1964, Second Printing ($ 6.00) _ ($ 6.00) _ Volume 12 for 1965 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) _ "ANSEARCHIN' " NEWS covers - stamped in gold ..... no dates each $ .50 _ NAME Spring ) 1969 -1- THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER Dear Members, I would like to congratulate you as being members of a growing organization. In reviewing the reports made at our January 20 business meeting of 1968 accomplishments, I realized how much progress is being made by your organization. The librarian's report indicated that we had purchased and received 122 books. We were given for review 67 books. We subscribe to 12 quarterlies and have received 34 gift quarterlies, either entirely or in part. During the year, we placed in the CbsslttLibrary Genealogical Department 86 books and 29 quarterlies. These, of course, are available for anyone having access to the library. Due to the support received from the 800 members of the Tennessee Genealogical Society, we are able to spend some $1,000.00 each year to help accomplish the objectives of this Society. The objectives of the Society as covered in our Constitution are as follows: "For the purpose of creating and maintaining an organization and a society for the study and investigation of genealogical history and genealogical records, and for the further purpose of receiving and collecting genealogical and historical records and depositing and preserving records in libraries and archives." I am sure most all of you are familiar with the above. I feel it never hurts to be reminded of what we are attempting to accomplish through the Society. The~Udg~ias approved in the January 20 meeting calls for an expenditure of $8,471.09 during the coming year. We are at present sold out of the 1962 and 1963 issues of i1Ansearchin'." This budget provides for reprints for these two issues which will be available at a very early date. We were very fortunate to have as our speaker the last meeting Miss Mary Davant of the Cossitt Library Genealogical Department who outlined for us the most recent acqui­ sitions of books, maps, etc., that will assist in our research. It is always a pleasure to have Miss Mary with us since she always gives us very valuable information. I hope all of you are keeping the dates of August 28,29 and 30 open for our Seminar. We have obtained Mr. John I. Coddington, Bordentown, New Jersey, as one of our Seminar speakers. The members who have heard Mr. Coddington's presentation recommend him very highly to us. We are working to get the second speaker which we will announce at a later date. We are cooperating with Memphis, Tennessee, in their celebration of the Sesquicentennial of Shelby County. The June-September issue of IIAnsearchin' News" will be devoted generally to Memphis and Shelby County. We will concentrate on records of the earliest inhabitants of Shelby County and Memphis, as well as Church records, Newspaper articles land records, biographical and historical sketches dating from 1819 through 1850. We will welcome any contributions members might be able to make to this period of Shelby County history. Sincerely yours, w.Lf.!JI~1~~ President "Ansearchin' II News -2- NOTES FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Your new Editor wishes to thank all the members of The Tennessee Genealogical Society for their confidence and support. A novice in the field of editing, she is nonethe­ less interested because of lack of experience ._AJ:_el}.§l,~:l.(;'-US gene§l,J,o..g:l.$t, she has for many years been involved with the tracing of family histories, locating court records and attempting to get them into print so that all may have access to them. The challenge, therefore, to continue the high standard set by her predecessors, has been accepted with enthusiasm. We hope that our publication will provide each of you with sound d~tawhich will assist in completing your own lines. We shall continue to spread our findings over many sections of the state. Contributions of family records, cemetery records and court records are not only acceptable but a highly necessary part of the members' participation. Suggestions for improvement in the quality of data published are also welcomed. Our goal is to establish such rapport between editor and reader that the subscriber becomes impatient waiting for the next edition. With your help and your contributions, this can be achieved. Aurora C. Shaw, Editor of The Southern Genealogist's Exchange Quarterly, announces plans for the sixth Annual Workshop to be held October 17-18, 1969 in Jacksonville, Florida. For information, write S.G.E. Society, Inc., P.O. Box 2801, JacksonVille, Florida 32203. Mr. John 1. Coddington of New Jersey and Mrs. Harry Joseph Morris of Texas will be guest speakers and panel participants. Mrs. Shaw reminds her readers that the 1830 census of Tennessee has been appearing in The Southern Genealogist's Exchange Quarterly for several years. Write her for detailed information. Mr. P.W. Filby of The Maryland Historical Society, 201 West Monument Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 sent a copy page to appear in the May issue of The Maryland Historical Society Magazine announcing arrangements with Mr. Wister Brown, President of Microsurance, Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whereby all Maryland tax lists will be microfilmed and published by Rhistorical Publications, a division of that company. Because of the absence of any census records for Maryland between 1776 and 1790, the publication of the tax list of 1783, the most complete of Maryland, will prove an invaluable aid to economists, historians, genealogists and s~ciologists. The plan is to make hard cover publications of the actual tax lists which give each householder by name, the exact number of his dependents under and over age 16, the number of his slaves, the type of taxable property, and the value. An index will be included where they already exist, and there will be notes by the Society's staff concerning the nature of the document and any peculiarities or Olllissions in the odginal text. Initially the tax list for 1783 for Baltimore and Harford Counties will be issued in two volumes. Approximate prices are $30.00 a volume pre-publication, or $35.00 after June 1969. Orders and inquiries may be sent to the Librarian of Rhistoric Publications, 302 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. Any organization or person holding tax lists or indexes in ~ypescript or other form are asked to communicate with the Society as quickly as possible. Mrs. Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, Genealogy Editor, the Virginia Gazette, 51 Park Ave., Naugatuck, Connecticut 06770 advises us of her library loan service system whereby nearly 175 books-genealogies, county records, local history-on Virginia.-,-Kentucky and Missouri may be rented. Send 25 cents (coin or stamps) to above address for a complete list of books available. We are grateful to have been the recipient of The Clay Family Register, published by The Clay Family Association, P.O. Box 35254, Houston, Texas 77035. Their quarterly has been placed in selected libraries having genealogical sections. The Association is now actively seeking new donee libraries. Their aim has been to assist all researchers of Clay and Allied Families and hope, of course, to get a (Continued on Page 6) Spring 1969 -3- BOOK REVIEWS REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT AND EARLY SETTLERS OF McNAIRY COUNTY, , TENNESSEE BY GEN.