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From: "Gregory Simmons" <>
Subject: Re: [LCT] look up offer
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:52:17 -0500
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Sorry found nothing
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From: Shirley Bedwell <>
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Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [LCT] look up offer


> Do you have a William (Billy)Bland in Lincoln Co. TN.
> Thank You
> Shirley B.
> ---- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Simmons" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:26 AM
> Subject: [LCT] look up offer
>
>
> I have access to early tennessee records online through
Genealogylibrary.com
>
>
> I can do lookups for FIRST and LAST names.
> PLEASE no all surnames only.
> You must have a FIRST and LAST name.
>
>
> You can send as many request as you like but only with First and last
names.
> I will Ignore request for any surname with any first name.
> YOU Must BE SPECIFIC.
>
> So Please no ALL People with One Surnamr or any person with their last
name.
>
>
> This data base has a lot of material taken from several Books;
>
> Tennessee Records: Bible Records and Marriage Bonds
> - Jeannette Tillotson Acklen
> In this veritable encyclopedia of Tennessee genealogy, you'll find
> information on births, marriages, and deaths for almost 15,000 individuals
> from Dickson, Knox, Lebanon, and Wilson counties.
>
>
> Tennessee Records: Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts
> - Jeannette Tillotson Acklen
> A companion volume to Tennessee Records: Bible Records And Marriage Bonds,
> this is an exhaustive cemetery-by-cemetery listing of Tennessee mortuary
> inscriptions. It also includes more than 100 pages devoted to biographical
> and historical sketches and includes a comprehensive index of 12,500
> entries.
>
>
> Tennessee Soldiers in the Revolution: A Roster of Soldiers Living During
the
> Revolutionary War in the Counties of Washington and Sullivan
> - Penelope Johnson Allen
> Much of the book is a list of Revolutionary soldiers taken from the
> Revolutionary Army Accounts of North Carolina in the State Archives at
> Raleigh, showing claims against North Carolina for service by men of the
> western-most counties of Washington and Sullivan, later Tennessee.
However,
> there are also sections solely devoted to wills of Washington County,
> sections on marriages of Blount and Davidson counties, and a final section
> on Revolutionary grants in Davidson County.
>
>
> Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution
> - Zella Armstrong
> Here, the author identifies hundreds of Tennessee veterans of the
> Revolutionary War and lists their:
> Name
> Age
> Service
> Residence
> Date of pension application
> Date and place of birth
> Service record
> Names of family members
> Place(s) of migration to, from, or within Tennessee
>
>
> Twenty-Four Hundred Tennessee Pensioners Revolution and War of 1812
> - Zella Armstrong
> An alphabetical list of 2,400 Tennessee pensioners, this list was compiled
> from published government Pension Lists of 1816, 1818, 1828, 1832, and the
> U.S. Census of 1840. Here, you'll find:
> Name
> Age
> Service
> Residence
> Source of the data
> Widows who drew on their husbands' claims
>
>
> Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee
> - Elizabeth Petty Bentley
> The fourth federal census, taken in 1820, is the earliest census for the
> Tennessee for which enumerations of most counties survive (although
several
> eastern Tennessee counties are missing). Here, you'll find an alphabetical
> index to 35,000 heads of households, with reference to the individual's
> county of residence and the page number of the census schedule where
you'll
> find information on that person's household and its occupants.
>
>
> 1770-1790 Census of the Cumberland Settlements: Davidson, Sumner, and
> Tennessee Counties
> - Richard C. Fulcher
> Official enumerations taken by the federal government didn't include the
> Cumberland Settlements. Here, you'll find a reconstruction of the census
of
> the three Cumberland River counties now in Tennessee. Record of
inhabitants
> of these settlements have been especially difficult to locate since the
> counties were originally a part of North Carolina. As new counties were
> formed and subdivided, the early settlers were often caught in changing
> jurisdictions. Often, you'd have to search in several jurisdictions for
> ancestral records (even though the ancestor may never have moved).
>
> The author abstracted from public records all references to individuals
> living in the jurisdiction between 1770 and 1790. From wills, deeds, court
> minutes, marriage records, military records, and many related items, he
has
> put together a carefully documented list of inhabitants - this work is
> virtually the "first" census of Tennessee.
>
>
> Record of Commissions of Officers in the Tennessee Militia, 1796-1815
> - Mrs. John Trotwood Moore
> The records extracted for this book were originally listed in a series of
> manuscript books, beginning with the creation of the State in 1796 and
> extended for many years thereafter. You will learn the following
information
> about an individual listed here:
> Name
> County associated with the individual
> Rank of commission
> Date of commission
>
>
> The contents of this book were originally published in the Tennessee
> Historical Quarterly.
>
> Pioneers of Davidson County, Tennessee
> - Edythe R. Whitley
> Here, you'll find lists of more than 5000 early Davidson County pioneers,
> taxpayers, militiamen, Revolutionary and War of 1812 soldiers and
> pensioners, and grantees of land in Tennessee.
>
> This book includes:
> Settlers on the Cumberland River, 1780
> North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee, 1784
> Davidson County Taxpayers, 1787
> Davidson County Militia, 1812
> Officers in the Tennessee Militia, 1811
> Pension List for West Tennessee, 1818
> Davidson County Pension Lists for 1832, 1840, and 1883
>
> The militia list of 1812, consisting of 2,235 free male inhabitants, is
> generally considered the only practical alternative to the lost 1810 censu
s
> of Davidson County, and one might say that the entire work compensates for
> the absence of a census for the first thirty-five years of the county's
> existence.
>
> Overton County, Tennessee: Genealogical Records
> - Edythe R. Whitley
> Here, you'll find record of approximately 2,500 early Overton County
> inhabitants within a great variety of records. This book includes:
> Abstracts of deeds
> Abstracts of wills
> Abstracts of grants
> Minutes from Overton County Deed Books
> Legislative Petitions, 1801-1860
> Officers in the Tennessee Militia, 1807-1811
> Pensioners in Overton and Adjoining Counties, 1818-1883
> Index to Overton County Will Books, 1870-1891
>
>
> Red River Settlers: Records of the Settlers of Northern Montgomery,
> Robertson, and Sumner Counties, Tennessee
> - Edythe R. Whitley
> This book covers the northern half of Montgomery, Robertson, and Sumner
> counties, Tennessee. These counties were incorporated into the Mero
District
> of North Carolina in 1796. It consists of a collection of county, state,
> church, and family records, and also contains genealogies of Red River
> families developed from a wide variety of sources, including cemetery
> records, Bible records, military records and private papers, as well as
from
> records of deeds, wills and marriages. This work is especially valuable
> because a substantial portion of the book was taken from private family
> records which were subsequently lost or destroyed.
>
> Among the resources collected in this book, you'll find genealogies of 95
> families with details of births, marriages, and deaths in successive
> generations. Besides the genealogies this work contains valuable lists of
> militia officers, pensioners and overseers of roads, as well as a lengthy
> chapter featuring numerous sketches of early Methodist pioneers and
pioneer
> families of Middle Tennessee.
>
>
> Sumner County, Tennessee Abstracts of Will Books 1 and 2 (1788-1842)
> - Edythe R. Whitley
> When it was founded in 1786, Sumner County was still a part of North
> Carolina. Most of its early settlers came from the Watauga region,
although
> many came directly from Virginia. Sumner County was a crossroads in the
flow
> of westward migration, and many families passed through leaving behind a
> wealth of genealogical records. Some had come only recently from the
battles
> of the Revolution; some even from King's Mountain.
>
> This book consists of abstracts of Will Books 1 and 2 in the county
> courthouse in Gallatin, covering the years 1788-1842. Referencing some
3000
> people, each abstract generally lists:
> Name of the testator
> Date of instrument
> Names of heirs (usually wives and children)
> Nature of the bequest
> Names of witnesses and executors
> Date of probate
> Page number on which you'll find record in the original will book
>
>
> Tennessee Genealogical Records: Records of Early Settlers from State and
> County Archives
> - Edythe R. Whitley
> >From records in the State Archives in Nashville, and from more than
twenty
> county courthouses, the record abstracts collected in this volume
reference
> in excess of 18,000 early Tennessee settlers. Many of these came from the
> counties of Bedford, Bledsoe, Carter, Davidson, Dyer, Franklin, Hawkins,
> Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Maury, Montgomery, Overton, Smith, Stewart,
> Sullivan, Sumner, Washington, White, Williamson, and Wilson.Among the
> records, you'll find:
> Revolutionary warrants
> Grants and certificates of survey
> Will abstracts
> Tombstone inscriptions
> Deed abstracts
> Marriages (including the valuable Sumner County marriages, 1791-1813)
> Court orders and petitions
> Genealogical notes on some two dozen families
>
>
> Henry County, Tennessee Old Time Stuff
> - Edythe R. Whitley
> Henry County was formed from the Western District of Tennessee in November
> 1821. The county is bounded by the State of Kentucky on the north, Stewart
> and Benton counties on the east, Carroll County on the south, and Weakley
> County on the west.
>
> Here, you'll find a collection of abstracts or indexes to a number of the
> oldest surviving genealogical source records pertaining to Henry County.
> Following an informative historical introduction, you'll find:
> Henry pension lists for 1840 and 1863
> Will abstracts and indexes to will books (1856-1863 and 1879-1902)
> Estate abstracts
> Guardianship records
> Court orders
> Deed abstracts and legislative petitions
> Early Henry County marriages
> Brief sketches of prominent citizens who resided in the civil districts of
> Henry County
>
>
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