,,...-------I Published by '1'111': 'l'ENNESSlm c:)':NI':ALO(; rCAI. soc: I ~:'I'Y Mcmph I H, Tl\IlI\('Hlu'l.~ .... • J Mrs. r.ene 10'. DavlH. F.dttor VOLUME 25 SPRING, 1978 NUMBER 1 - CONTENTS - OVER THE EDITOR'S DESK ••••••••• · . .. 1 NEWS AND NOTES FROM OTHER PUBLICATIONS •• . .. · . ••• . .. 1 \ LIBRARY NOTES . .. .. .. .. .... 2 BOOK REVIEWS • . .. .. ... .. ... 4 TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE - 1841 • .. .. · .. ·. 9 TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE - 1845 . · . ... ·.... 10 SHELBY COUNTY COURT MINUTES, BOOK I, 1820-1824 •• · . .12 INDEX TO QUESTIONNAIRES OF CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS • •• · . · .. · 18 QUESTIONNAIRE OF JOHN WESLEY DUNAVANT ••• . .. · .. .. 18 WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL BOOK A- ABSTRACTS . .. ... • 25 WILSON COUNTY MARRIAGE BONDS •••••• · . .. · . .. ••• ••• 31 THE DRAPER MANUSCRIPTS - EXTRACTS · , . .. ... .. .. .. • 37 OBION COUNTY TAX LIST - 1837 • ... · . .. · . • • ·. • 39 QUERIES •••••••••• ·...... .. .. .. •• 45 ) THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P. O. Box 12124 Memphis, Tennessee 38112 ) OFFICERS AND STAFF FOR 1978 President Mr. s. Caya Phillips liice 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 Shelton 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'" 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 1n the earliest possible issue of the quarterly. spring, 1978 1 OVER THE EDITOR'S DESK The Tennessee Genealogical Society begins the new year with new officers (aee facing page), and "Ansearchin'" News with a new look and a new Editor. We are excited about the new look--the stylized-state-map logo (designed by Associate Editor Mrs. Daniel E. West) will" we believe, better identify us as a Tennessee publication and, alao, will adapt better 'to our printing process. Your new Editor is committed to continuing the fine work of her predecessors by publishing as much good material as possible important to the Tennessee re­ searcher. To that end we urge you to continue to send your suggestions and requests for articles. We will publish them as soon as space and material are available. Numbers of you have asked for the mailing dates of "Ansearchin'" News. At least for the next two years we hope to mail the Spring issue in March; the Summer issue in June; the Fall issue in September: and the Winter issue in December. However, all our staff is volunteer. and any number of things--births, deaths, weddings, illness, vacations, guests and weather--can adversely affect that goal. The Dec­ ember issue, especially, is difficult to get out at the hoped-for date because of indexing, preparations for the holidays and our reluctance to mail during the Christmas rush. We hope to have each issue arrive earlier than you expect it. but Rive us a month's leeway before you despair. The 1900 CENSUS IS NOW AVAILABLE for purchase, and all restrictions on access to it are lifted, according to an announcement received from the National Archives. Fo~ each person listed, this census provides: full name, race, sex, date of birth, age, marital status, number of years married, place of birth, father's and mother's place of birth, citizenship, occupation, education, relationship to head of household. and in many cases, the value of real estate and personal property. Address all corres­ pondence about the 1900 Census, including orders for the census schedules and the Soundex indexes to: 1900 Census, National Archives & Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington, DC 20408. NEWS AND NOTES FROM OTHER PUBLICATIONS Prepared by Elizabeth R. Nichols THE APACHE GENEALOGIST, quarterly of The Apache Genealogical Society, 109 Kayatan Drive, N.E., Sierra Vista, ARIZ 85635. Write society for membership dues. The complimentary copy we received recently is No. 1 of Volume 3, Oct. 1977 and offers the following: History of Sierra Vista, which is the second oldest continually inhabited town in Cochise County; Substitute for Irish Census; Migration of the Germans, with old and present-day spelling of German names; Queries. Proposed for future editions, original records of this southwestern area. FAYETTE FACTS, published quarterly by the Fayette County Genealogical Society, Box 177, Vand~lia, ILL 62471. Dues of $5.00 single, $6.00 family and $1.00 for students. Issue No. 3 of 1977 Volume 6 continues the presentation of "First Families" of selected townships in this county. A brief, early history of the Township Otego in this issue is followed by the family history charts, some going into the 5th generation. Also included is a map and listing of Original Land Entries. Issue No. 4 follows with Otego Cemeteries, history of people buried 1n Pilcher Cemetery and a surname index for 1974 Volume No.3. 2 "Ansearchln I II News MISSISSIPPI GENEALOGICAL EXCHANGE, subscription $10.00 for 1 yr. or $18,00 for 2. Please note, this magazine has a new address and a new editor. New address is P. O. Box 16609, Jackson, MISS 39206 and, with first issue of 1978, Volume 24, Mrs. Ronnie Farris McGinnis assumes the editorship. Former editors, Ms. Etoile L. Hop­ kins and Mr. Richard S. Lackey, remain as 2 of 10 contributing editors. Inform­ ation in this No. 1 Spring 1978 issue is from counties all around the state such as: YnLohusha Co. Deed Bk. 1; Rankin and Yazoo Co. Marriage Bks.; Jefferson Co. Court Minutes-1832; Webster Co. Cemeteries; Hancock Co. Will Bk. A; Mississippi Crave Re~istrations-Jndian Wars. ~OUNCEMENT: The St. Bernard Genealogical Society, Inc., P. O. Box 271, Chalmette, LA 70044, will publish· a new periodical for genealogy and local history covering the parishes of St. Bernard,St. Tammany, Plaquemine, Lafourche and Terrebonne, to be available in June 1978. $10.00 per yr. for 4 issues includes active/inactive mem­ berships. Entitled "L'Heritage", Volume 1, No.1 will include St. Bernard Parish Notarial Acts beginning with earliest years of the Territorial Papers (1813), such us Marriage Contracts and License, Sales of Properties and Slaves, Successions, Civil Marriages, and records of Lafourche and Plaquemine Parishes. BTT5 AND PIECES, quarterly subscription included in membership to Lincoln County -H"Ts-t-oricalAs-;Qc1ation, Inc., Route 1. Box 315, Denver, NC 28037. Dues $3.00 a year. Material offered is not on this one county alone. due to migration (NC to ARK), diH­ continued county (until 1779 Lincoln was Tryon Co.), and reforming of counties (part of Burke Co. became part of Lincoln). We refer to Vol. II, No.4, Oct-Dec 1977, in which an article on "Day Book of Silas Parker, merchant, Parker'H Hills, Galley Creek, Ark." (1861-62) states "late 1850's a wagon train of 150 families left Lincoln Co., NC for the Pope Co., Ark. area." Also offered in thi.s issue are Abstracts of Tryon Co. Deeds; the Militia Company of Captain Moses Moore (of) men living in Tryon area; Burke Co. Petition Liyt. THE ROADRUNNER, published quarterly by Chaparral Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 606, Tomball, TX 77375. Membership $7.50 annual. Indexed, Vol. 4, No.1, continues Marriage Records of Burleson, Montgomery and Polk counties, with a partial listing of Galveston Co. Bk. A (1838-1850). There are also Grimes and Barris County Ceme­ teries; Grimes Co. Index to Deeds, Bk. 1; Baptismal Records-Rose Hill United Metho­ di!-lt Church; Known dead in Galveston Flood (1900); Queries. TH.F.. rRAIR.lF.:....GLEANE~, quarterly included in membership to West Ct.·ntra] Missouri (;eneaLogical SocIety and Library, Inc. Dues are $5.00 and year begins on Oct 1. Membership Chairman, Mrs. Darlene Yung, 705 Broad St., Warrensburg, MO 64093. Offering something from each of the 10 counties covered by this society, highlights in No.1 issue of Vol. 9, Dec. 1977, are Bates Co. Marriage Records Bk. 1; Henry Co. Marria~e Licenses 1838-1870; Cass Co. Deaths, 1938-1948, all between 50 and 99 years of age; Pettis Co. New Hickory Cemetery; Lafayette Co. St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Concordia, Mo.; the Ham Family of Henry and Benton Counties LIBRARY NOTES By James R. Johnson, Reference Librarian and first assistant, History and Travel Department, Memphis-Shelby County Library and Information Center A necessary skill for 8 genealogist is the ability to correspond with other genealogists and with institutions that have genealogical collections.