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From: "Teresa Elliott" <>
Subject: Re: [ADVANRES] Letters that could be misindexed
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:46:50 -0500
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I did try and find him. Not much luck. But I did find some civil war stuff
for a Burnett Curtis. My gut feeling it it's him. The family above is
Carlton, and Curtis, isn't that far off spelling wise, I think he may have
just wrote the wrong name for some reason. Or who ever gave his name,
didn't know his last name. I wouldn't know what to give for my neighbors.

Teresa Ghee Elliott
--http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery/
My genealogy blog
--http://generationsgoneby.wordpress.com/


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I found exactly the same phenomenon with a Donaldson family I was searching.

On the 1910 census, everyone's name was correct except that their surname
was Johnson. Head of household James Donaldson had a brother Peter Johnson,
listed elsewhere. I just cannot figure out why they wouldn't have a firm
surname by 1910.

I haven't been watching Footnote and didn't realize that some compiled
service records were available.

Can you find this Burnett Curtis on a census other than 1880? Maybe your man

was like my Donaldson and couldn't decide what name he wanted to use.

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From: "Teresa Elliott" <>
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Sent: 08 July, 2008 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [ADVANRES] Letters that could be misindexed


>I got his Compiled Service Records off Footnote. Twenty-one pages. He
> fought at Shiloh, Murfreesboro, and several other well known battle
> fields.
> The pension files for his unit aren't complete on Footnote yet, so I will
> have to keep checking there. His name is spelt differently on each Muster
> Roll. The modern spelling is Victory, but I am finding that pre1900, the
> name is almost always Vickrey or a variation of that.
> In 1860, he's a laborer in the home of Eli Jenkins, his brother-in-law. In
> 1870, he's married and has several kids. In 1880, I found a family that is
> identical to his, but the name of the Head of Household is Burnett Curtis.
> Not sure if the enumerator got the wrong name, there was another man with
> the first name Burnett who had children with the exact same names and ages
> as my Burnett Vickrey, or if he was using an assumed name for some reason.
> In 1900, his wife is head of household and she's a Victory. But I would
> really love to find that 1850 census enumeration. Problem is the 10th
> district of Bedford County, which is where I believe he was living, was
> lost
> or not enumerated in 1850. I have been looking at the deeds and probate
> records of Bedford County and haven't found him yet. I have to order a few
> more rolls to be 100% sure he did have any will or deeds in Bedford
> County.
> I have already checked in Rutherford County, where the family (later
> generations) lived.
> I have read the enumerations page by page for all the areas where I find
> any
> Vickrey in TN hoping that the name was overlooked or misindexed. I have
> searched ancestry for me named Burnett (Burnet, Burnice...)
>
> Teresa Ghee Elliott
> --http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery/
> My genealogy blog
> --http://generationsgoneby.wordpress.com/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:19 PM
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> Can you get a CW record for him?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Teresa Elliott" <>
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> Sent: 08 July, 2008 7:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [ADVANRES] Letters that could be misindexed
>
>
>> Wow, thanks Michelle, that gives me a lot more options. I will keep you
>> all
>> posted on how it goes. I have been looking for this guy for YEARS!!!,
>> and
>> recently found him on Footnote. He was in the 24th TN Infantry. Now I am
>> trying to find him in 1850, when he would have been about 10. That would
>> put him with his parents (or guardians) and would hopefully lead me back
>> another generation.
>>
>
>
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