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knoxcotn-digest Friday, January 7 2000 Volume 01 : Number 038

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:51:07 EST

From: FamlyNames@aol.com

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Local immigration patterns

Hi all --

I'm responding to the "call to post" with a question that I think may be

relevant to a lot of people on the list. Does anyone out there have any

ideas on the migration patterns from the surrounding counties (i.e.,

Jefferson, Cocke, Sevier, etc.) into Knox Co./Knoxville around the turn of

the century? I know the TVA brought a lot of people "out of the hills" later

on, but it seems that several branches of my family "moved to town" around

1900-1910. I guess I'm really looking for reasons rather than a

confirmation.

And on a personal note. My grandfather used to work at the Jefferson Wool

Mill back in the 30s before going to Oak Ridge during the war. Does anyone

know where exactly this was (my impressions were that it was somewhere around

downtown) and the history behind it? My grandfather passed away last year

after a long illness, and as I'm currently on the West Coast, this list may

be my best resource for that kind of information.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Elizabeth (Sellers) Dempsey

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 20:35:20 EST

From: Geezerbabe@aol.com

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] subscribe

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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 21:21:35 -0800

From: Deborah <plants@planetlink.net>

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] genealogy

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my surnames are:

Farrington

Mullinax

Rider

Morgan

Simpson

Smith(2 lines)

Randolph

Moss

Lane

Leach

Wilson

Hi my name is Deborah and I am typing from Texas, been doing the

genealogy thing for a couple of years..hahahahahaha....have never mailed

to the list. Stopping by to say HI!

plants@planetwide.com

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my surnames are:

Farrington

Mullinax

Rider

Morgan

Simpson

Smith(2 lines)

Randolph

Moss

Lane

Leach

Wilson

Hi my name is Deborah and I am typing from Texas,

been doing the genealogy thing for a couple of years..hahahahahaha....have

never mailed to the list. Stopping by to say HI!

plants@planetwide.com</html>

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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 01:10:33 -0800

From: pcosta@pacbell.net

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Kelly & Duncan's

Hi Everyone!

Here is my post. I am trying to find the marriage of my Great Great

Grandparents John L Kelly (or J.M. Kelly) to Elizabeth Duncan. Estimate

their marriage to be early 1870's. They are suppose to be in Knoxville,

TN but I have not been able to locate them there. They had 2 children

that we know of. Daughter, Mae Kelly and my Great Grandfather John

Louis Kelly b. 04/04/abt 1876 in Knoxville according to my Grandmothers

Birth record. They supposedly owned a large farm (My Grandmother called

it a Plantation, she says it was huge) My Great Grandfather, John Louis

Kelly ran away when he was 14 (about 1891) and never returned. So all

we have to go on is "his stories". John Louis Kelly didn't stay in any

place to long. He married Mable Clair Cosen in the State of Washington

in 1913 and had the following children:

Alice Mable b. 1914 Oregon (my Grandmother)

Louis Frank b. 1916 Oregon? Died in infancy

Esther Elizabeth b. 1917 Arizona

Josephine Lois b. 1920 Nebraska

Aline Hazel b. 1922 Colorado

Marian Pearl b. 1924 Wyoming

Margaret Lucille b. 1927 North Dakota

Mae June b. 1930 Missouri

James Louis b. 1937 California

And California is where we have been ever since.

Thanks Everyone for all your help!

Patti

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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:15:36 -0500

From: "Sandy Fine" <sandy12035@prodigy.net>

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Fw: Brickwall: Liles Family - 1800's - NC -> Roane/Knox County

What a great idea. My Knox County Related Brick Wall is:

Who are my grandfather's parents?

Who are my gg-grandfather's parents and where in North Carolina is he from?

I would also like to know if Eliza is the daughter of Adam Huffman and if

she is buried at Hickory Creek also but I will settle for the first two for

now. Otherwise I would love to hear from anyone who is related to these

families.

My gg-grandfather, James Liles was born in North Carolina in 1803. He was

in Roane County in 1830 with wife Mary "Pollie" Kimbell and daughter Rebecca

Liles. Mary died in or before 1842 because James married from for the

second time to Eliza Huffman in 1842. James died in 1881 and is buried in

Hickory Creek Cemetery in west Knox County. My grandfather was Sanders

Leeper Liles and he was born in 1870. He was on the 1880 Knox County Census

in James' household and listed as James's grandson. I don't know who his

parents are. He told a son that his mother was Sallie Liles and his father

was a Brooks.

I don't know who James Liles parents are. There was a James Liles living in

Knox County in 1830 and 1840. From the names listed around him, I believe

this James Liles lived in what is now west Knox County, maybe close to

Everette Road, or Smith Road off Kingston Pike. This would put him close to

Hickory Creek where my gg-grandfather James and his family ended up. I

haven't found anything on the Knox County James after 1840.

There was a John Liles who married Nancy Soward in Anson County in 1790 and

moved to Roane County about 1812 that I feel is also related to my

gg-grandfather but I can't find any proof. Nancy had children by her first

husband, William Soward that moved to Knox and Roane County when they came

to TN. Some of her descendents either attended what was then Hickory Creek

Baptist Church or are buried in the cemetery there and they are listed next

to my gg- grandfather of several Census.

Children of James Liles

One daughter, Rebecca, married before 1850. She married a Ralph Purkyhill

on October 21, 1847 in Knox County. They moved to Blount County after 1850.

Rachel Miverva Liles married Richard Yarnell on November 25, 1852 in

Anderson Co, Tennessee. Buried in Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.

Elizabeth Liles may have married David N. Ward on December 28, 1858 in

Blount County, TN.

Amanda Caroline Liles married John Luttrell Mead on August 18, 1851, in

Kingston, Roane Co, TN. They migrated to Missouri.

Louisa Clementine Liles married David Kather Bunn on October 30, 1854 in

Roane County, Tennessee. They moved to West Virginia.

Mary Margaret Liles married first Wiley Beets and second Elijah Bishop. She

is buried in Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville, TN.

Peterson M. Liles married Mary Elizabeth Ross on March 17, 1880 in Anderson

County, Tennessee. They lived in Clinton and he was a doctor and had a drug

store. Young children buried at Old Clinton Baptist Church Cemetery in

Clinton. He may be buried there also.

Benjamin Liles I believe died in 1863 the Civil War in Nashville.

William Elbert Liles married Malinda Dever and they moved to Missouri

Sarah Liles - I have no information after 1880.

James S. Liles married Miverva Overton and raised my Grandfather and his two

sister, Martha and Nerva.

Theodosia "Cordie" Liles - I have no information after 1880. Listed as

idotic on the census.

1880 Census Knox County: Liles, James (76) farmer NC; Eliza (68) TN; Sarah

(38) daughter TN; James S. (27) son TN; Manerva (20) daughter-in-law TN;

Cordie (16) daughter TN; John (5) grandson TN; Fennette (1) granddaughter

TN; Sanders (7) grandson TN. (K-376 )

>Sandy (Liles) Fine

>Loudon Co, TN

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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 10:48:26 -0800

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

Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] Fw: Brickwall: Liles Family - 1800's - NC -> Roane/Knox County

Sandy -- I don't know your family specifically, but you should look into

all the research done on Lyle/Lile families in Jefferson County. Leepers

were also in Jeff Co from very early. It may be that you've got a brother

or cousin to someone in this bunch of pioneer settlers.

Have you pored through the research files at McClung in Knoxville?

At 10:15 AM 1/7/00 -0500, Sandy Fine wrote:

>What a great idea. My Knox County Related Brick Wall is:

>Who are my grandfather's parents?

>Who are my gg-grandfather's parents and where in North Carolina is he from?

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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 20:47:03 -0500

From: "Clayton McNew" <cmcnew.wats.bar@worldnet.att.net>

Subject: [none]

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Hi Listers;

Some of the names I am researching in Knox Co are: Andrew Keith who =

married Martha Mitchell, Barney Smith and Sarah Walker. I am also trying =

to find the parents of Mary Adcocks who Married Vollie E. Hamilton. Also =

looking for the story about Ross Hamilton who was killed by a train and =

of his fiance who was murdered at the home of Rebecca C. Hamilton.

Clayton McNew

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