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From: Raymond Sagon <>
Subject: Re: Who are you?
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 18:22:48 -0400


Hi Rhea County Cousins:
I am finding more and more of you each day.
My father Wilson Eugene Miller was born in Rhea County Tennessee in
1921, as was his father and his father's father. They call my father
"BOY" . I was born in Georgia and raised around Riverdale and
Fayetteville. I live in Hampton now, one mile from the Atlanta
International Raceway. Although I live in Georgia - My roots run
deep in Rhea County as you will see>> Robert (Robbin) Miller came
to the area in abt 1797 as a survey assistant .
He settled in the area. He worked for a while in Georgia where one of
his son's was born.
Miller's, Joll(e)y's, Sharp's, Clark's, Deatherage, are my line
from the Rhea\Roane area.
Also any one that's interested ...my mother's people are from McMinn,
Monroe, Fentress and Morgan County. I will not list them here just the
surnames for reference in case any one else has any of the names in my
line. They are Ro(d)gers, Davis (McMinn) Wright, Scroggins, Guinn,
Mullinix, Fentress and Morgan Co. My list has grown so much with a
special thanks to NANCY COLE, Edna Clack, Seth Tallent and Sandy
Eskew, and Bonnie "Fava"
Straight out of TowstringValley -------------Presenting MY FAMILY
Robert (Robbin ) Miller born in North Carolina abt 1776 Married to
Margarett ? b. in Pa
Children :Thomas abt. 1820, William Russell b. abt 1822. (m Mary Polly
McAnally) Arcadia Miller, Lea
Children of William Russell and Mary, (all born in Rhea)
John L., David. Thomas, Peggy A. Jolley, Mary, Robert
(Robbin), William Russell, Clinton.
Thomas married Elizabeth Clark May 1868 ( She died in child birth with
my Grand Dad)d 1869
John Louis Miller b. March 1969. Married Ida Bell Jolley Daughter
of Issac Jolly b.1911 son of William Jolly and Nancy Deatherage of
Roane/Rhea Co.
and
Susan Sharp, Jolly Prater. Daughter of Claiborne Sharp and Margaret
Gideon of Roane Co.
Daddy's bro and sisters married into the families of Rhea Named
--Porter-- Mincey---Bell--
Simpson--- Janow--- Munday -have some infor on a few of these I did for
my cousins.
Also a little word about me - as you can tell I'm no typist.
Sharon Miller Sagon

Cook, Earl wrote:

> Hi everyone:
>
> Nancy wrote and said:
>
> >We have about 50 subscribers to this list
> >now. I think it would be nice if we would
> >share a little about our Rhea County ancestors
> >and see how many "cuzzins" we can find in the
> >group.
>
> What a great idea, Nancy.
>
> I'm in Louisville, KY. Born and raised in Hamilton
> County (Chattanooga).
>
> I am searching a James COOK (my ggGfather) line which
> begins in TN, migrates to Fulton County GA, and then
> comes back to TN into Hamilton County (Chattanooga).
> I have no idea yet how the line originally got into TN,
> and have no information on James's parents. I have
> been trying to search in TN around 1813, and have been
> looking in DeKalb and Campbell Counties GA. prior to
> 1853, as well as Fulton County, GA. after 1853.
>
> My family seems to be attracted to Hamilton County,
> but since it didn't exist in 1813, I have been
> trying to look in the parent counties of Rhea and
> Roane hoping to find James.
>
> Here's what I have so far.
>
> James COOK, b. ca. 1813 in TN, d. between 1852-1860,
> in GA. Married Martha (?) b. ca. 1815 in GA.
> Children:
> 1. Gracy M. b. ca. 1837
> 2. John B. b. ca. 1839
> 3. William M. b ca. 1842
> 4. ** David R. b. 1844 (my gGfather)
> 5. James R. b. ca. 1849
> 6. Mary E. b. ca. 1852
>
> This family (except for Mary) appears on the 1850
> DeKalb County, GA census. They all appear on the 1860
> Fulton County, GA census except for James. Martha is
> listed as a widow, and Mary E. is a new child. I figure
> James died between 1852 and 1860. Everyone except James
> was born in GA.
>
> The DOB's and POB's are estimated from census records
> except for David R(oss) and family who appear in a
> family Bible record with the following information:
>
> COOK, David Ross, b. 15 Apr 1844 in GA., m. Martha A. Brown
> 13 Nov 1866, d. (?). They had 5 children:
> 1. Georgia L, b. 24 Jun 1868, m. Charles A. Vaughn
> 13 Nov 1889, d. 26 Feb 1908.
> 2. Lemmah (Lemeh), b. 06 May 1872, d. 19 Jul 1875
> 3. Edwin Ross, b. 10 Mar 1875, d. 11 Aug 1876
> 4. D.C., b. 10 Nov 1877, d. 10 Jul 1880
> **5. Oscar Earl, b. 07 Aug 1883(5) in Fulton Co., GA,
> m. Lucy Norma Ziegler 23 Oct 1912 in Chattanooga,
> TN, d. 08 Sep 1955 in Chattanooga. They had one
> child, Oscar Earl Cook, Jr.
>
> Oscar Earl was my grandfather, Oscar Earl Jr. my father.
>
> Any information, suggestions, hints, etc. would be most
> appreciative. Will happily share any and all information
> I have.
>
> TNX:RGDS:Earl in Louisville, KY
> or

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