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knoxcotn-digest Monday, March 6 2000 Volume 01 : Number 069

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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 21:24:40 EST

From: Ltfarmgirl@aol.com

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Knott Cemetery

Using the search engine, I found a reference to a Knott Cemetery in

Knoxville. Does anyone know anymore about this cemetery? Is it city owned,

family owned?

Thanks. Pattie Arwood

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Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 00:32:14 -0500

From: "Kenneth Dunlap" <KDunlap@ix.netcom.com>

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Tn. Blue Book - FREE

To everyone with roots in TN. Here is the e-mail address where you can get

a beautiful hard-bound 1999-2000 Millenium edition of the Blue Book, FREE.

It contains information on the current state government & contacts, and

Tennessee history. All you have to do is go & enter your mailing address &

they will send you one for free as long

as the supply lasts.

http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Tennessee/

Ken

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Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 07:03:18 -0800

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

Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] Tn. Blue Book - FREE

Thanks, Ken! I actually found the order form at

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/bborder.html

At 12:32 AM 3/3/00 -0500, Kenneth Dunlap wrote:

>To everyone with roots in TN. Here is the e-mail address where you can get

>a beautiful hard-bound 1999-2000 Millenium edition of the Blue Book, FREE.

> It contains information on the current state government & contacts, and

>Tennessee history. All you have to do is go & enter your mailing address &

>they will send you one for free as long

>as the supply lasts.

>http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Tennessee/

>Ken

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Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 07:06:44 -0800

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

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] TN Confederate Pension files

From the TN State Library:

I'm pleased to announce that the Tenn. State Library & Archives has added a

"county index" to the Tenn. Confederate Pensions web page. This means that

you can identify all of the pensioners from one county. We hope this will

encourage local historians to work with a group of pension files to see how

the Civil War affected the whole neighborhood, not just individuals. It can

also help genealogists looking for clues, because even if one's ancestor

didn't apply for a pension, he may have been a supporting witness for his

neighbor's application.

You can find this index at the bottom of the introductory page. The url is:

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pension.htm

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Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 21:02:45 -0500

From: mikeharper@mindspring.com (Mike Harper)

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Caswell and Louisa (Stout) Harper

I am seeking any information on Caswell Harper and Louisa (Stout) Harper,

married in Knox County in 1843. I know that they moved to Hamilton County

sometime before 1850...would like to get information on their parents, who

I believe were fairly long-time residents of Knox Co.

Any help is appreciated!

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Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 08:03:55 -0700

From: Terry Humble <sunshine@zianet.com>

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] (no subject)

unsubscribe

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Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 19:11:45 -0800

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

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Blatant commercial message <g>

I just got home from the Knox County Public Library's Friends of the

Library Book Sale. I had to elbow my way into the "special" section, but I

got a good-sized stack of local items. I sacrificed a fingernail to nab

one treasure!!!

Before my mama puts them on the Internet for sale, I wanted to give you all

first dibs to get them for what she has invested -- if you're interested in

them. Whomever writes first to claim a book will be its new owner --

pending payment, of course. We can accept Mastercard, Visa, checks, or

money orders. Shipping is shown in the description. If you live in

Tennessee, we'll have to add 8.25% sales tax (sorry -- blame the idiot

Sundquist).

1. Hall, William F. Sr. A Venture of Faith: History of

Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy (100th Anniversary 1880-1980). Signed

by the author. Bookplate in front is from HCBA President to Mr. Robert

Hill, who apparently donated money to the school. 6" x 9"; 436 pages;

hardbound; no index; extensive notes. Book is in excellent

condition. $20.00; shipping $2.00.

2. MacArthur, William J. Jr. Knoxville: Crossroads of the New

South. This wonderful, hardback book sold new in 1982 for $30.00. Dr.

MacArthur was head of the McClung Collection. It's full of history,

photos, and indexed. 9.25" x 12.25"; hardbound; dustcover has slight wear

to edges and corners. Book is in excellent condition. $20.00; shipping $2.00.

3. Junior League of Knoxville. 276 Places to See and Tour in Knoxville

and Knox County. No publication date, but logo on back is Knoxville's 1976

US Bicentennial celebration one. No photos, but interesting "what to see"

information that captures the mid-1970's. Historic and 20th Century

locations (some gone now) are described). 8.5" x 5.5"; paperbound; 114

pages. $5.00; shipping $2.00.

4. Creekmore, Betsey Beeler. Knoxville. Second edition (originally

published 1958; this one is 1967). History, biographies, photos from the

city's first 160 years. 8.5" x 6"; 311 pages; hardbound; dust jacket has

been repaired and has some wear. Except for markings inside the front

cover where the previous owner's names were, the book's in excellent

condition. $15.00; shipping $2.00.

5. Centennial of First Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tenn. Published

1897 by the church. Lots of historical information on the church and early

Knoxville residents. 6.25" x 9.5"; bound in heavyweight, engraved paper

covers; 55 pages; photos; no index; lists of names. Binding is loose at

spine, and covers have age discoloration and chipping at corners. This is

a rare volume. $20.00; shipping $2.00.

6. Briscoe, W. Russell and Buehler, Katherine Boies. Her Walls Before

Thee Stand: History of the Second Presbyterian Church 1818-1968. 53

pages; hardbound; light wear from apparently minimal use in library; covers

look almost new; withdrawn from McClung Collection; photos; no

index. $15.00; shipping $2.00.

7. Alexander, Thomas B. Thomas A. R. Nelson of East Tennessee. Published

by the TN Historical Commission in 1956. Nelson was born in Roane County,

but he considered Knoxville his home. He was a lawyer, political figure,

and probably best known as one of the men who represented Andrew Johnson in

his impeachment trial. 6.25" x 9"; hardbound; 186 pages; photographs;

index; numerous notes. Has been withdrawn from a library, so has library

markings and minor wear from use. Some of the back pages were

professionally rebound into the book when it looks like the stitching gave

way. $20.00; shipping $2.00.

8. Home Federal Bank. The Best of Bill Walkup: 100 Columns of Homespun

Wisdom. Published by the bank of which he was president for many years as

a memorial to him in 1986. Mr. Walkup's essays appeared in Home Federal

ads in Knoxville papers for more than 25 years. This book's typeface is

extremely large, which makes it readable by those with impaired vision. It

wasn't a special edition or anything -- the bank just printed it that

way. 9.25" x 12.25"; hardbound; 113 pages of stories plus intro

pages. $10.00; shipping $2.00.

9. University of Tennessee. A Century of a College. Published circa 1897

(no author, date, or other info in it). The booklet was apparently done to

commemorate UT's centennial. It has historical information, line drawings,

and photos. It's got 12 pages and is stapled into an engraved, heavyweight

cover that has some light discoloration around the outside edge and some

small tears on one side. The interior pages are in excellent shape. It

would be an excellent gift for a UT alumnus. $10.00; shipping $1.25.

10. Mellon, George F. The University and the City: A Lecture Delivered

at the University of Tennessee on February 26th, 1892. Has some

interesting historical info -- comments such as "It is cause for

gratulation that in this ciety are seen the awakening impulses of a higher

life and the assuring evidences of a more enduring prosperity." Published

by UT. 5.75" x 9"; stapled with heavyweight paper cover; 20 pages. The

cover has wear -- some tears and discoloration. I grabbed two copies. One

has a bookplate where it was given to the McClung Collection and library

markings; the other has no markings. $10.00 each; shipping $1.25.

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Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 07:45:45 -0800

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

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] NARA fire

I haven't inquired about details -- just saw this on a list.

> >From the AOL News section

> Fire Harms National Archives Files

> By DEB RIECHMANN

> .c The Associated Press

> WASHINGTON (AP) - Archivists are using hot air and

> blotting paper to

> salvage

> hundreds of thousands of pages of government records

> damaged in a fire

> at a

> National Archives storage center just outside

> Washington. Among them

> were

> veterans' records and papers connected to a lawsuit

> over mismanagement

> of

> American Indians' money.

> The fire occurred Tuesday at the Washington National

> Records Center in

> Suitland, Md., which stores more than 3.7 million

> cubic feet of records.

> Archives officials said 3,000 cubic feet of records

> were stored in areas

> where sprinklers activated, but fewer than 300 cubic

> feet -

> approximately

> 700,000 pages - were actually damaged or destroyed.

> The bulk of the records were from the Department of

> Veterans Affairs.

> ``These are inactive files of deceased veterans who

> previously made

> claims

> for benefits,'' said Robert Knode, records officer

> for the veterans

> benefits

> administration. ``Sometimes we recall these files

> when somebody wants a

> copy

> for genealogical or other purposes, but there should

> be only a minimal

> effect.''

> Another 60 boxes of damaged records were involved in

> a lawsuit over

> brought

> by American Indians charging government

> mismanagement of a $500 million

> system of trust accounts for American Indians.

> The water damage to those records was just the

> latest problem with

> documents

> in the case; other Indian trust records have been

> inadvertently shredded

> or

> found dumped in a trash-strewn shed on a North

> Dakota reservation.

> Also damaged were records were from District of

> Columbia government

> offices,

> the Labor Department's Hour and Wage Division and

> the U.S. Patent and

> Trademark office. The patent and trademark records

> were scheduled for

> disposal.

> ``We regret the loss of a single page, but we're not

> sure yet what the

> loss

> is,'' said Gerald George, communications director

> for the archives. ``We

> have

> some record damage and we regret that, but on the

> other hand, our fire

> system

> contained the fire so that it didn't do widespread

> damage.''

> Conservation work is under way.

> Warm, dry air is being blown into the storage stacks

> and blotting paper

> is

> being used to extract moisture from pages, said

> Susan Cooper, a

> spokeswoman

> for the archives. Drying chambers have been set up

> and refrigerated

> trucks

> are being used to store records that are very wet.

> ``They keep the records cold to prevent mildew from

> forming on them,''

> she

> said.

> AP-NY-03-02-00 1824EST

> contained in the AP

> news

> report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or

> otherwise

> distributed

> without the prior written authority of The

> Associated Press. All active

> hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.

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