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knoxcotn-digest Saturday, September 16 2000 Volume 01 : Number 130
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:32:35 -0700 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] "Life in mid-18th Century Pennsylvania" lecture Many of us had ancestry in Pennsylvania in this period, so this will be of interest. It will be an on-line lecture. http://genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/library/blvirtualgenealogy.htm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:25:09 -0700 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] schools in Corryton Thanks for the rich details, Paula! These are the wonderful stories that keep us all motivated when our own research hits brick walls.
At 11:15 AM 9/14/00 -0400, Keith and Paula Griffin wrote: >Thank you, Barbara, Billie, Robert and the other person who answered me >(I don't have your name). My mother looked through her things last ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:36:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Imogene Wells <rwellsiwells@excite.com> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Thanks I would like to thank everyone on the list for their help and inspiration in my quest for my family especially Billie. It is very helpful to know there are others out there who are searching for their roots also. THANKS AGAIN KNOX COUNTY. Imogene Wells Knoxville, TN
_______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 17:38:24 EDT From: CKey558122@aol.com Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Grassy Valley MM Hi, I have a question that I hope someone can help me with. In "Hinshaws' Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy", Vol 1. P 1125 there is an entry that reads: 1804-4-18 Elizabeth Maxwell co (chosen overseer) for Grassy Valley, then below that it shows: 1794-4-28 Hugh Maxwell co at Grassy Valley. This family was supposed to have come to Knox Co from Jefferson Co., TN. But there is no chapter in the Hinshaw book about a Grassy Valley MM. Was there such a Meeting House and if so, does anyone know where I might find the records for this MM? Thanks, Carol ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 19:32:20 -0700 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Mail bouncing If you've sent me mail in the past while that bounced, please send it again. I just screamed at my ISP about the bounced mail issue, and they said they'd "reset" my account. Let's hope THIS works. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 20:21:43 EDT From: Tkstet1@aol.com Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] Haynes Seeking information on a Zelpha "Elizabeth" Haynes born here in 1874,moved to Ark-Okla had married John William DeHart(j.w) who was from WV,born 1864,both lived one time in Sebastian ,Ark then to Lelfore county,Okla(Indian Territory)(passed on 1946 and 1949,john's 2nd wife Lula Terbin),would believe around 1890 or so,adopted Charles Cooper changed his name to Charles DeHart born jan 20,1887(then had their own children ? falling out),?Izard,Ark to A.L.Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper,adoption in McAlester,okla...sep 1892...would appreciat anyinformation,. tkstet1@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 00:01:07 -0400 From: "Margaret M. O'Neill" <topics@ix.netcom.com> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Brabson/Brabston Reunion - --------------5BB56F4B2231F4FC3AA67966 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi All! Just wanted any descendants of the Brabsons and Brabstons lurking out there to know that the first-ever all inclusive Brabson/Brabston Reunion will be held in Knoxville 9/29-10/1. You can view the Agenda at http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/n/e/Margaret-M-Oneill/FILE/0001page.html
- --------------5BB56F4B2231F4FC3AA67966 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Hi All! <p>Just wanted any descendants of the Brabsons and Brabstons lurking out there to know that the first-ever all inclusive Brabson/Brabston Reunion will be held in Knoxville 9/29-10/1. You can view the Agenda at <p><a href="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/n/e/Margaret-M-Oneill/FILE/0001page.html">http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/n/e/Margaret-M-Oneill/FILE/0001page.html</a> <br><a href="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/n/e/Margaret-M-Oneill/FILE/0001page.html"></a> <br><a href="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/n/e/Margaret-M-Oneill/FILE/0001page.html"></a> </html> - --------------5BB56F4B2231F4FC3AA67966-- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 04:10:28 -0700 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Genealogy Software Springboard I just ran across this site a little while ago. I get the eternal "what software do you recommend?" all the time in my lectures. Of course I don't have a favorite! But, I'm impressed with this site and thought I'd share: http://www.gensoftsb.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 05:17:34 -0700 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Scanning vs. Microfilming This is an often-debated topic. The archival standard is still microfilming, despite what the digital sales people try to tell us. A few years ago, I did the initial database design for a multi-million document repository. At that time, I researched the issue of digitization vs. microfilming. I continued working in that field for several years, managing development of different phases of huge document collections, and I've maintained my interest in the topic because of its relevance to genealogy. I found an interesting article that pretty much sums up the reasons why you shouldn't rely on scanned images exclusively and thought I'd share it: http://www.cyberecord.com/background.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 05:26:59 -0700 From: "Barbara Brinkley" <barb_brinkley@hotmail.com> (by way of "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org>) Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Definitely worth reading... Two of our list members, Barbara Brinkley and Carol Key, have been researching the Browns in Knox County. Their research led them to this very interesting information. Even if you have no connection to Randolph County or the Beeson family, this is worth scanning for the historical background regarding surnames and Quakers. ==================================================================== This information was found at the Randolph Room in the Beeson family folder. It comes from an article in the North Carolina Genealogist (Vol. XIV, pp. 2027 -2031) by William Perry Johnson: THE BASON - BEASON - BEESON MIXUP
(I am quoting in totality) The late Raleigh genealogist, William H. Bason, was much concerned over the confusion existing between two unrelated North Carolina families - the Basons and the Beesons. This article will fulfill a promise this writer made to Mr. Bason several years ago. Mr. Bason stated that Jacob Bason Sr., the founder of the Orange County, North Carolina, family, wrote his name with an English "B" and a German or Dutch umlauted "a" - two dots over the "a". Jacob died in 1774 and his will and final settlement, indexed as "Baison", are registered in the Orange County records of the Archives in Raleigh. But in Olds' ABSTRACTS OF NORTH CAROLINA WILLS, Jacob appears as Jacob Bishind! The 1790 CENSUS OF NORTH CAROLINA (Gov't. edition) listed fourteen Beason families (Jacob's name misspelled as Beasom), as follows: Guilford County: Benjn. Beason - 2 males over 16, including head of family; 3 males under 16; 5 females. Edwd. Beason - 1 male over 16, incl. head of family; 1 female. Isaac Beason - 4 males over 16, incl. head of family; 1 male under 16; 3 females. Samuel Beason - 3 males over 16, incl. head of family; 2 males under 16; 3 females. Randolph County: Benjn. Beason - 1 male over 16, incl. head of family; 1 male under 16; 2 females. Benjn. Beason - 1 male over 16, incl. head of family; 1 female. Edwd. Beason - 1 male over 16, incl. head of family; 2 males under 16; 4 females. Isaac Beason - 2 males over 16, incl. head of family; 3 males under 16; 2 females. Richd. Beason - 1 male over 16, incl. head of family; 4 males under 16; 6 females. Wm. Beason - 1 male over 16, incl. head of family; 1 male under 16; 8 females. Stokes County: Richd. Beason - 1 male over 16, incl. head of family; 3 males under 16; 3 females. Orange County (original census lost; 1790 tax list was substituted): Henry Beason - Orange District - no land - 1 white poll. Jacob Beason - Orange District - 255 acres - 1 white poll. John Beason - Orange District - 190 acres - 1 white poll. Eleven of the foregoing, all those in counties of Guilford, Randolph, and Stokes, are Beesons, descendants of Edward Beeson who died 1713/14 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The three in Orange County are sons of Jacob Bason (originally Basin), also from Pennsylvania but of a Germanic origin. The will of Jacob Bason (Sr.) was dated 1773 and probated 1774 (Orange Will Book A, p. 172) and named his wife Catherine and children Jacob and Hannah. Executors were his wife Catherine and son John Bason. The 1779 Tax List of Orange County listed: John Bason - 656 Pounds; Jacob Bason - 620 Pounds; and Henry Bason - 400 Pounds. The will of Jacob Beason (Bason), dated and probated in 1800 (Orange Will Book D, p. 15) named brother Henry Bason, brother-in-law Aaron Sharpe, and children: John, Frederick, Joseph, Margaret, Hannah, and Catherine Bason. The 1800 Tax List of Orange County listed: Henry Bason - 232 acres, 1 white poll; John Bason - 150 acres, 2 white polls; Frederick Bason - (no figures); and John Bason, Jr. - 153 1/2 acres, 1 white poll. (These Basons appear to have lived in that portion of Orange County which became Alamance County in 1849.) Since the name Bason often appears in the records as Beason, and since the name Beeson also appears many times as Beason, it is sometimes very difficult to ascertain whether the Beason in question is really a Bason or a Beason! Edward Beeson, supposedly from England, obtained land in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1701, and may have arrived earlier and lived at Irishtown (now Wilmington), in New Castle County, Delaware. It is a family tradition(should be underlined) (widely circulated but it has been impossible to document it) that his first wife, whom he married around 1680, was Rachel Pennington, a half-sister to William Penn's first wife; Edward's second wife, whom he married around 1710, was Elizabeth ____. (This writer's father descends once from Edward and his first wife; and his mother descends twice from Edward's second wife, Elizabeth, through her marriage about 1715 to Joseph Rich.) Edward Beeson died about 1713/14, his will being the first will recorded in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Edward Beeson had at least six children, four by his first wife, and two by his second wife: 1. Edward Beeson(d.1725) m. 1704 Esther Hall (as Esther Beeson, did she marry in 1730 to Peter Hunter?) 2. Anne Beeson m. John Cloud. 3. Richard Beeson (1684-1777) m. 1706 Charity Grubb 4. William Beeson (said to have returned to England). 5. Elizabeth Beeson (b. c1711) m. John Everitt. 6. RACHEL BEESON (b. c1713) m. 1730/31 RICHARD BROWN. (All Caps mine, for emphasis) While Edward Beeson and his family lived among and were closely associated with the Quakers, THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MEMBERS. (caps mine) Their children, however, married into Quaker families, for the most part, and many (of) (sic) them and their descendants became active and prominent members of that sect. Richard Beeson and wife Charity are both recorded as being Quaker ministers. Of the children of Edward Beeson, Richard is the only one to settle in North Carolina. Richard and several of his married children settled in the 1750's in what is now Randolph County, North Carolina. All the Beesons of the Randolph, Guilford, Stokes, Surry Counties area of North Carolina are descendants of Richard Beeson (son of Edward) and his wife, Charity Grubb. ------------------------------ End of knoxcotn-digest V1 #130 ******************************
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