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knoxcotn-digest Saturday, January 22 2000 Volume 01 : Number 048
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 18:16:56 EST From: DCMowery@aol.com Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Henrys I'm also researching the families of the Henrys of Blount and Knox Co. My line is through James: - --James Henry b. 1750 d. 1792 m. Jean McNabb - -- Samuel Henry b. 1777 d. 6/13/1867 m. 1)Elizabeth Garner 2) Deborah McClain - --Rev. Hugh Jackson Henry b. 6/7/1828 d. 3/29/1929 m. 1) Mary Minerva Reagan 2) Unknown 3) Nancy Donaldson Headrick - --Francisco (Frank) Henry b. 7/21/1848 m. Nancy Clementine Koontz - --Joseph Perry Henry b. 4/4/1878 d. 1/18/1962 m. Lula Hatcher I am particularly interested in any information on Frank Henry and wife, but do have the names of his children, etc. My mother grew up in Maryville. I have a large amount of information on the Henrys and would be happy to share. Donna Crockett Mowery ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 19:12:11 -0800 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] Pronunciations Those of us who live here just take it for granted! How much reality would you like? You can order the tapes of WBIR-TV's "Heartland Series," where you can hear and see East TN, Western NC, SW Virginia, and SE Kentucky at its rarest and best. Someone did a study (book forthcoming) and said that our speech in central East TN is very near the speech of Ulster people in Ireland. When I was in college, my speech teacher said that our speech among the mountain people of East TN was almost purely colonial English -- if you've travelled through a few of the hollers, you can understand why we didn't have much outside influence...until TVA brought electricity, which brought radios, which brought change.
At 05:49 PM 1/22/00 -0500, Kenneth Dunlap wrote: >Many of us who live across the country and are doing research on Knox Co., >are missing some of the flavor of the people and places that dosen't come >across in books. Actually, my Yanqui husband just finished a wonderful book called "The Hawk's Done Gone." It's about a fictitious family in Cocke County, TN. The dialect is amazingly well-rendered.
>For instance, the first Governor of the area, Wm. Blount. His name is >pronounced "BLUNT". I still have trouble with that one. You're not alone. We can spot a transient as soon as he opens his mouth on that one!
>For a while I read the name of John Sevier (Severe) "Sevee-ay". French >right? Originally Xavier, and French, oui. Another one where we can tell you ain't from hyear, even if you have a suthrin accent. You should see us giggle when the Nya Yawkas say "Pig-ee-un Forge." I love to ask 'em if they have to dodge the pig-ee-un poop in Central Park...<g>
>My ancestor Devereaux GILLIAM. I would say GILLY-UM, but in Knox Co., it's >GILLUM. No wonder it's often spelled Deverix Gillum or Gillam. When you realize that the Welsh name for William is Gwilym, and we've got lots of Celtic influence in our speech, you can begin to understand it.
>The nearby town of MARY-VILLE? Oh, you mean MURRAVL. It's easy ta see you ain't from 'round hyear, Kenneth! <g> You put too many syllables in that one! Hyit's Murrvul.
>There are surely at least a few more... Morristown = Marshtown Jefferson City = Jerfson City Dandridge = Dandurge Shelbyville (middle TN) = Shebvul ...for starters! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 19:50:05 -0500 From: Greenshields <greenshields@mindspring.com> Subject: RE: [KnoxCoTN] Pronunciations Hey! ( southern way of greeting). But I've known some to answer the phone "yell-o"! Grass...gra-yiss Shower...shi-er Yours...yourn it...hit mamaw and papaw (grandmother and grandfather) and how about them Grainger County maters (tomatoes)? Well, I got to git on up d' road... Now you understand...how bout them Vols! - -----Original Message----- From: Billie R. McNamara [SMTP:knox@tngenweb.org] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 10:12 PM To: Kenneth Dunlap; knoxcotn@rootsquest.com Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] Pronunciations Those of us who live here just take it for granted! How much reality would you like? You can order the tapes of WBIR-TV's "Heartland Series," where you can hear and see East TN, Western NC, SW Virginia, and SE Kentucky at its rarest and best. Someone did a study (book forthcoming) and said that our speech in central East TN is very near the speech of Ulster people in Ireland. When I was in college, my speech teacher said that our speech among the mountain people of East TN was almost purely colonial English -- if you've travelled through a few of the hollers, you can understand why we didn't have much outside influence...until TVA brought electricity, which brought radios, which brought change.
At 05:49 PM 1/22/00 -0500, Kenneth Dunlap wrote: >Many of us who live across the country and are doing research on Knox Co., >are missing some of the flavor of the people and places that dosen't come >across in books. Actually, my Yanqui husband just finished a wonderful book called "The Hawk's Done Gone." It's about a fictitious family in Cocke County, TN. The dialect is amazingly well-rendered.
>For instance, the first Governor of the area, Wm. Blount. His name is >pronounced "BLUNT". I still have trouble with that one. You're not alone. We can spot a transient as soon as he opens his mouth on that one!
>For a while I read the name of John Sevier (Severe) "Sevee-ay". French >right? Originally Xavier, and French, oui. Another one where we can tell you ain't from hyear, even if you have a suthrin accent. You should see us giggle when the Nya Yawkas say "Pig-ee-un Forge." I love to ask 'em if they have to dodge the pig-ee-un poop in Central Park...<g>
>My ancestor Devereaux GILLIAM. I would say GILLY-UM, but in Knox Co., it's >GILLUM. No wonder it's often spelled Deverix Gillum or Gillam. When you realize that the Welsh name for William is Gwilym, and we've got lots of Celtic influence in our speech, you can begin to understand it.
>The nearby town of MARY-VILLE? Oh, you mean MURRAVL. It's easy ta see you ain't from 'round hyear, Kenneth! <g> You put too many syllables in that one! Hyit's Murrvul.
>There are surely at least a few more... Morristown = Marshtown Jefferson City = Jerfson City Dandridge = Dandurge Shelbyville (middle TN) = Shebvul ...for starters! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:01:01 -0600 From: "Rose-Anne Cunningham Bray" <knoxcotn@wdbj.net> Subject: RE: [KnoxCoTN] Mary Crockett Family Hi Donna, Welcome to the Knox Co. list! Here's what I have for RENSHAW in the 1885 Directory: (p. 207) Renshaw, Miss Blanche, bookkeeper, S M Co, boards 169 Church Renshaw, James R., boards 169 Church Renshaw, Mary, widow of James, resides 169 Church (p. 180): Marley, Fannie M. Mrs., dressmaker, 12 Market Square; resides same address. (is she related to your Marley?) The two CROCKETTs listed were "colored" (according to the record) and working at a local hotel.
Hope that helps a litle Rose-Anne
> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-knoxcotn@rootsquest.com > [mailto:owner-knoxcotn@rootsquest.com]On Behalf Of DCMowery@aol.com > Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 5:05 PM > To: knoxcotn@rootsquest.com > Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Mary Crockett Family > > > I'm new to the list and looking for information on Mary > Crockett's family or > the family of any of her children's spouses. Mary lived in > Knoxville and was > last in the census in 1850. > > Mary's children: > > 1.Joseph Henderson Crockett b. 7/07/823 d. 1/10/1881 m. Eliza P. White b. > 10/1833 on 7/26/1851 in Columbia, TN. They lived in Knoxville. > 2. Mary Belinda Crockett b. 3/05/1826 d. 6/16/1899 m. James > Renshaw b. 1826 > on 1/10/1850 in Knoxville. He was a business partner of Joseph's. > 3. Elizabeth Jane Crockett b. 1831 m. John T. Marley on 6/07/1852 > and lived > in Knoxville. > 4. Samuel H. Crockett b. 1833 m. Seraphinia Renshaw in Blount > Co.and moved to > Montana. > > Mary bought the former property of James White (founder of Knoxville) in > 1828. There are other transactions as well as that of property to > her son, > Joseph, after his marriage to Eliza. Joseph died in 1881 and > Eliza took their > remaining children to Philadelphia to be near her son Charles who > had moved > there before them. Our family eventually moved back to Knoxville > where I was > born. Some of the above are buried in Old Gray Cemetery. My > father is also > buried there. He moved us to NC and returned to Knoxville after he and my > mother separated. > > Donna Crockett Mowery > ------------------------------ End of knoxcotn-digest V1 #48 ***************************** |