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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 10:52:15 -0800

From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org>

Subject: Re: Let's get this party started

Wow! We've got some cousins on here already! This is the second Brown and

Fraker message I've read!

We are quite new with the list. When Rose-Anne Cunningham-Bray took over

the Knox Co TNGenWeb site, she decided a list was needed. I agreed. So,

she delegated it to me. It already looks like we're going to have some fun!

Carol -- have you looked in Sevier County for the Atchley and Riddle

lines? Riddles are thick in East Knox County, but you'll find some in Jeff

and Sevier.

I'm a descendant of John Cate, Sr., through his son, James. My Acuff

cousin, Brenda-Joyce Fletcher, is the clan genealogist for the McClouds.

At 04:07 PM 12/1/99 -0500, CKey558122@aol.com wrote:

>Hi,

> I didn't realize this list was new, thought I had just overlooked it. I

>retired 3 yrs ago from Bellsouth and have just been "researching my roots"

>for about a year. I regret not getting interested in it while my father was

>still alive, he had a wonderful memory and I know would have been a great

>help. I have already benefited greatly from my search. I have developed very

>close relationships with 3 of my first cousins whom I barely knew since

>childhood. I managed to get them interested and now we are all "addicted". I

>have also met several "cousins" online and a few in person whom I never knew

>existed. It is really weird how we are all about the same age and all just

>getting interested in genealogy at the same time.

> The Knox Co. lines I am researching are: BROWN, WOOD, CATE, McCLAIN and

>FRAKER, with collateral lines ATCHLEY, RIDDLE, COFFMAN, HALL, McCLOUD,

>RENFRO, TUNNELL, WILHITE. Some of the collateral lines are developed and some

>not. Though Knox Co. is the main location, these families were also found in

>Anderson, Jefferson and Greene counties.

> My brick wall is John Brown b. 1799 NC m. Sarah Wood 1825 Knox Co. Sarah

>was the daughter of Joseph Wood and Sarah McClain. Cannot find out who John's

>parents were. Suspect that he had brothers named Maxwell, Clement and

>William, they are at the same locations at the same time but not confirmed

>their relationship to John. Any help will be GREATLY appreciated.

> Carol

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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 10:45:41 -0800

From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org>

Subject: Looks like Ftn City is ahead.....

It appears we've got more people from Fountain City than anywhere on this

list so far -- of course, a lot of our folks haven't introduced themselves

yet....

Guess I need to get my backside in gear and get that Gibbs book and Miss

Nannie Hicks' book on Ftn City done up for our Knox Co TNGenWeb site....

Y'all from Fountain City will remember that big, beautiful, yellow brick

house on the corner of Broadway and Gibbs Road. I've always loved

it. Well, it's for sale. So, if you're really pining to move back home....<g>

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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 10:58:34 -0800

From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org>

Subject: Re: Let's get this party started!!!

Hi, Phyllis! You surely do have a lot of Knox County ancestry! Since you

live in Ftn City, I wonder if you have a copy of Miss Nannie Hicks' other

book -- I have the John Adair Section one, but Rose-Anne has a second one

listed on the Knox Co TNGenWeb site's bibliography. If I can get a copy of

that, I'll scan it and put it on-line.

I grew up with some Lusbys and Luttrells in East Knox County, and we had

Roths nearby. Are you descended from Micajah Frost? I have a cousin who

is, so he might be able to help you with that -- I think there's a new book

in the works (or out). Most of the Frost research is done in Campbell and

Anderson Counties, it seems. A friend of mine, Pat Holloway

<hollow@usit.net>, has been doing Bakers for years. Write to her and see

if she knows about yours!

At 05:16 PM 12/1/99 -0500, Phyllis Brandon wrote:

>Hello!

>

> I live in the Fountain City area of Knoxville, where I grew up. The Knox

>Co. lines that I am researching, including mine and my husband's, are

>CLAIBORNE, LISBY/LUSBY, HARRIS, SIMPSON, ELZA, FRANKLIN, ROTH,

>BRANDON, LEGG, FROST, HALL, BAKER, HICKEY, OSBORNE, NELSON, WELLS,

>LUTTRELL, OWENS, SMITH (West Knox Co.), STOUT, and RUSSELL, NORMAN,

>COOPER, HICKS from Knox/Anderson Cos.

>

>Anyone else working on these surnames?

>

>Phyllis Norman Brandon

>

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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 04:01:17 -0600

From: "Pat" <pat@internetpro.net>

Subject: HAMMOND & Mary ??? Knox Co. TN

Hi,

Hopeing someone can help me fill in the pieces on my father's family,

Please. Here's what I know...

J.H. HAMMOND and wife Mary ? ? came into Atlanta,GA in 1913 or by the

beginning of 1914.

They had 4 children ..

Bettie (called Lizzie) born ca. 1900

William Rufus born ca. 1902

Sarah Jane born ca. 1906

Martin Luther born. ca. 1909 (my father)

J.H. HAMMOND (date's unknown) left his wife Mary ? ? (dates unknown nor

her full name) and children prior to Jan. 1914 at a shelter in Atlanta,Ga.

It was unknown where he went, Mary remained at the shelter and the 4

children were placed in a orphanage.

The parent's said that they came from Spring Place,TN. which is a few

miles NE of Knoxville,TN.

It was said that the children were born in TN also, but I cannot find this

family at all on the 1910 TN. census, as well as other state's I have

searched.

It was also mentioned that J.H. appeared much older than wife Mary, but

that's all.

Hopeing someone on this list has HAMMOND connection's in or near Knox Co.

that maybe able to help me with this puzzle.

Pat Hammond

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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 09:51:10 -0800

From: pcosta@pacbell.net

Subject: Knoxville

The ETHS has a wonderful book out called "Heart of the Valley" (History

of Knoxville, TN). It is full of biographies of prominent

Knoxvillians.. I will check as many surnames as I can and let you know

if your family is in it. May not be able to get back to you right away

though as I am suppose to be working.

Patti

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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:33:36 -0800

From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org>

Subject: Re: HAMMOND & Mary ??? Knox Co. TN

Hi, Pat! You and Marjorie need to "visit." She lived around Spring Place,

which is about 2 miles south of East Towne Mall/Knoxville Center (depending

on how long you've lived in Knoxville <g>). I used to live near there,

too, but I'm not familiar with the Hammond surname. Hopefully someone will be!

At 04:01 AM 11/30/99 -0600, Pat wrote:

>Hi,

> Hopeing someone can help me fill in the pieces on my father's family,

>Please. Here's what I know...

>

>J.H. HAMMOND and wife Mary ? ? came into Atlanta,GA in 1913 or by the

>beginning of 1914.

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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:36:06 -0800

From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org>

Subject: Re: Knoxville

What a wonderful offer, Patti! Thank you! HoV is a great book -- tons of

lists of mayors, city councilmen, etc.

Let's not all inundate her with requests, though, okay?

Hmmm.... Wonder if you'd be interested in typing up a list of the

biographies. You could post that to the list, and then people would know

whether their ancestors are there.

At 09:51 AM 12/2/99 -0800, pcosta@pacbell.net wrote:

>The ETHS has a wonderful book out called "Heart of the Valley" (History

>of Knoxville, TN). It is full of biographies of prominent

>Knoxvillians.. I will check as many surnames as I can and let you know

>if your family is in it. May not be able to get back to you right away

>though as I am suppose to be working.

>

>Patti

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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:46:47 -0800

From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org>

Subject: Re: That McClung Collection URL

Thanks, Linda -- I sometimes worry about my brain running faster than my

fingers...or vice versa! <g> And thanks for the kind comments about the

Dumplin list -- I wish it were more active!!!

You sure do have some deep Jefferson County connections! And, as you said,

they all migrated through Knox County on their way west.

We've already had another message from a Walker researcher here -- and I

know there's a Walker researcher lurking <g> -- y'all might want to compare

notes!

At 09:06 AM 12/2/99 -0600, Linda Gipson wrote:

>Billie, I don't think you mistyped the URL. For some reason, the ">" at the

>end of the highlighted portion was also highlighted and underlined,

>rendering the URL invalid. I hit the reply button to make your post

>editable and then cut out the URL up to the ">" symbol, pasted it into my

>browser, and voila!

>

>http://web.utk.edu/~kizzer/ethisctr/

>

>I have been a shameless lurker on the invaluable Dumplin mailing list and

>subscribed to Knox County as some of my East TN forebears drifted through at

>times. My East TN surnames are Moyers/Myers, Blackburn, Driskill/Driscoll,

>Reams/Reames in Jefferson County and Gipson/Gibson, Abel/Abell, Walker in

>Bledsoe, Roane, Cumberland, all very early.

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