VANCE - I have researched the VANCE's who helped build Pittman Center and have lived and died there but the VANCE's have seemed to drop off the face of the earth! Their house still stands on Copeland. It is the Andy VANCE house. Can anyone tell me where to get info? Any direction will help. Thanks. Deborah Vance, P0 Box 773, Spindale, NC 28160 email: dvance@blueridge.net
McCOIG - Looking for any info concerning a William McCOIG buried in Chestnut Hill, TN. He was born on 4 March 1870 and died on 18 January1929. I believe he ran a store in Chestnut Hill with his sister. Any info on this man would be a godsend. It is believed he was not married. Thank you. Bonnie Banks, 1048 Spanish Wells Drive, Melbourne. FL 32940 email: kswbjb@msn.com
LARGE / WILLIAMS - I am seeking info on Malinda LARGE born 1855 daughter of Perry LARGE and Nancy McMahan. She had three sons, Perry LARGE, James Pinkney LARGE & Simeon LARGE. She later married William 'Bill' WILLIAMS or George 'Sasser' WILLIAMS, so I have been told from several sources. Can anyone out there clear this up for me? Who was the father of her first three sons? Which Williams did she marry? She had Walter WILLIAMS 1882; Ida WILLIAMS 1887; Mark WILLIAMS 1892; Luther WILLIAMS 1891. I also would like information on these children. I have been told that Ida was murdered by her husband in Massachusetts. HELP. Lee Clayton, 6960 West Peoria Avenue, Lot 114, Peoria. AZ 85345 6027 email: jnlc766@cs.com
CROOK / WILLIS - Looking for info on the WILLIS family of Cocke Co. and/or Sevier and Unicoi Counties. Andrew Jackson, my g-grandfather, is buried in Del Rio. His first wife was Leah CROOK. I don't know where her family came from-NC or GA?? According to my records, A.J. and Leah had nine children: Hardy Osborne, Nicholas, Lester, Joe, Dora, Elizabeth, John, Julius, and Lee. Hardy's first wife (name unknown) died and he married Rebecca Sams. They are buried in a small cemetery in Batesville, Ark. Who was his first wife, and who were the wives/husbands of the others? Joe moved to GA. After Leah and A.J. divorced she moved to GA to live with Joe. They are buried there. Who was A. J.'s 2nd wife? They married (?) after his children were grown because, when Hardy's first wife died, his children from that marriage lived with A.J. and Leah until Hardy remarried. Hardy's daughter, who was alive and living in Mountain Home, Ark. told me that A.J. and Leah divorced when she was very small and it really upset her and her siblings. A.J.'s family moved to Cocke County from Unicoi County. I think they were originally from NC. How are they related to the Willis family that moved from NC to LA? Elise McClary, 1601 Northview Circle, Garland, TX 75040
FOX - My Mother, Viola Wynn, lived for several years with her maternal grandparents after her mother died. I would very much like to find pictures of Calvin H. FOX born 16 August 1835, and his wife, Julia Robertson FOX, born 27 August 1845. Also a picture of their home across the river from Red Bank Church. Virginia Bengston, 266 Meadow Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
BALLARD - According to the story passed down by Polk BALLARD, son of Benjamin Franklin BALLARD, who was born about 1835 in SC, Benjamin was a teamster during the Civil War and had been selling horses from the north to the south and visa versa. Accused of being a horse thief he was finally caught and hanged in or around Gatlinburg, TN where it is suspected he went to live with an uncle, brother or sister and family. He stated that he had borrowed the horse in question and that the man that owned the horse never did like him. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks, Jackie Myciatt, 105 Ashley Dr. Sikeston, MO 63801 email: jmygattl@hotmail.com
SEATON / FLOYD - I am trying to find information on my great grandparents who were married in Sevier County in 1878. Her name is Caroline Clara SEATON, born in 1860. His name was Francis Jackson FLOYD, and he was born in 1854. Both were born in Tennessee, I'm assuming in Sevier County. If anyone has any info on either of these two families, please contact me. Thank you. A.D. Granger, 5569 Oakmont Drive, Pace, FL. 32571 email: ADG999@aol.com
ENGLAND / INGLAND / DENNISON - ENGLAND, William born about 1810-1818 in Burke, NC, later moved to Sevier, County, TN where I believe the following surnames of ENGLAND were born James born 20 April 1859, Joseph born 1859, Sarah (Sallie) born 1862, George W. born 1868, Richard West born 1870, John D. born 1873, and Aaron Thomas b 1876-1877. William ENGLAND married circa 1833 a Margarett DENNISON or Isham/Isom? Where, who was Margaret DENNISON/Isham/Isom parent's etc.? Who were William ENGLAND/INGLAND parents, where did they come from, any siblings? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Donna K Bishop-England, 744 E Grandview, Mesa, AZ 85203-3637, Phone: 480-835-5323 email: england@goodnet.com
MESSER - Seeking info James MESSER born on 9 October 1892 and died 7 March 1942. He is buried in Underwood Cemetery near Blue Ridge, Georgia. He married Sarah "Sallie" Manis who was born 3 June 1862 and died 23 February 1939. She is buried in Sevier County, TN. Their children were: Mary Belle MESSER who married Walter Stanley; James Andrew "Andy" MESSER who married Minnie Francis Williams; Willie MESSER who married Susan "Susie" Cantrell"; Richard MESSER married ? Stanley and Mellie (could be spelled Mylie) who married King Smith. I am seeking info on James's parents, brothers and sisters, and their families. Any info would greatly be appreciated. Thank you, Carolyn White, 4521 Nicholas Road. Knoxville TN 37912-4024 email: modemnlodem@mailexcel.com
YETT - I'm trying to find the parents of Sarah "Sally" YETT. She was married to George McLin Henderson and is buried in McMahan Cemetery, next to Sevier County High School. She is my GGG Grandmother. Her daughter was Mary Jane Henderson who was married to Samuel McMahan; one of her son's was William YETT Henderson. I'd appreciate it if anyone can help me find her parents. Thank you. Linda Rolen, 615 River Rd., Sevierville, TN 37862 email: Linda_Rolen@nps.gov
HICKORY / RIDGE - Need info on HICKORY RIDGE area of Sevier or Jefferson County. It is now under water but would like old maps or names of people with property in this area before TVA took over. Thanks. Faye Taylor, 716 Blockhouse Valley, Clinton, TN 37716
TOWNSEND / BOLING - Looking for info on Rachel H. TOWNSEND. Born 9 May 1896, died 19 June 1965, who married John W. BOLING. What are her parents names? Where are they from? Both are in Ellejoy Cemetery. Also looking for obituary on Charles W. BOLING born 4 July 1917, died 19 July 1965 died in Sevier County, also Ellejoy Cemetery. John's mother is Joe Ann Brewer. She married a man name Gardner after his father died. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Toni Boling, 407 E. Commerce, Eastland Texas 76448 email: osur216@txol.net
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