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From: "Evelyn Manning" <>
Subject: Re: [NCCHEROK-L] Buckner Walker & Saletha Freeland
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 12:16:05 -0500


Dear Sandra,
Yes, Grayson was my cousin too (4 times over) his death has left a hole in
my heart! I sent Grayson everything on the Walkers as I found it and much
more and I know about his Room and plan someday to go back to Benton and go
thru it hoping to add to it! I really miss his laughter and jokes!
Evelyn Wilson-Manning (now TX)
-----Original Message-----
From: Cathy Hall <>
To: <>
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [NCCHEROK-L] Buckner Walker & Saletha Freeland

>Sandra,
>Thanks so much for sending this piece on Grayson Newman.
>I've not found a direct relation to him, but, there are
>lots of overlapping families <g>, so I sure am
>appreciative for all the work he did on getting his family
>together, and passing it all on to all of us!
>Cathy Hall
>Grand Island, NY
>*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>EMAIL ADDRESS:
>Bradley County TNGenWeb Page
>http://www.tngenweb.org/bradley
>TNBRADLE-Mail List
>Polk County TNGenWeb Page http://www.tngenweb.org/polk
>TNPOLK Mail List
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Shane S.Ratledge <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 11:38 AM
>Subject: [NCCHEROK-L] Buckner Walker & Saletha Freeland
>
>
>> Evelyn,
>> I'm not researching Buckner Walker nor Saletha Freeland
>both b c 1806, but
>> a distant cousin of my husband and dear friend of ours
>who is now deceased
>> was doing so. Grayson Newman was a gr-gr-grandson of
>this couple. He had
>> plans of writing up a family history on this couple and
>entering it in Vol
>> II of Cherokee County, NC Heritage. So, you may find it
>there. Since
>> Grayson's death, the Polk CO, TN historical society has
>set up a research
>> room in Benton, TN devoted to historical and
>genealogical research and
>> named in memory of Grayson. His sister gave all his
>many letters, research
>> materials, books, etc. to the society for preservation
>in the research
>> room. I don't know where you live or your last name,
>but you would need to
>> devote a couple of days for going through these
>materials. I don't know
>> the current hours of operation. You can write to Ms.
>Presswood on the Polk
>> CO, TN homepage for more info.
>>
>> I have spent some time going through our package of
>letters from Grayson.
>> No doubt you will find all of the genealogical records
>he had on this
>> couple. What you might not find is the story Grayson
>told us about
>> Saletha. So, I'm retyping it here for Grayson who would
>do so if he could.
>> In memory of Grayson:
>>
>> "My grandfather, John Martin Newman, died in his
>cornfield plowing his
>> crop. The new 4 lane hwy 64 going into the Smoky Mtn
>Nat'l Park covers the
>> field in which he died. It's progress perhaps, but it
>seems as if more
>> people die on the 4 lane than died plowing their fields.
>> The same higway, 1/2 mi up the road, replaces the old
>Shelton homeplace
>> where Terry Shelton killed his own father in a family
>dispute. My
>> grandfather helped dress the body for the funeral & I
>guess things absorbed
>> the grief because Terry is buried beside his father at
>New Liberty Cem. in
>> Fannin CO, GA. My Uncle Floyd Newman showed me the
>graves.
>> Terry's mother in law, Saletha Freeland Walker, had a
>flock of geese and
>> she could only speak Dutch, being from Holland. With
>her apron full of
>> corn & calling those geese in Dutch and those geese
>honking (in Dutch?),
>> Tom Walker, a ggson, said was enough to unsettle the
>settlement. Whether
>> that is what caused Terry's unsettled condition is
>debateable.
>> The Trauma & comedy exists today in all our families,
>but somehow the world
>> just keeps turning." --- Grayson Newman, Ducktown,
>Polk CO, TN
>>
>> from
>> Sandra Ratledge
>> URL
>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/4the3sratledges
>>
>>
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