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knoxcotn-digest Saturday, March 31 2001 Volume 01 : Number 140

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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 14:10:57 -0500

From: "J. C. Tumblin, OD" <sleepy6@icx.net>

Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] Re: WALT, Samuel & Barbara

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At 10:36 PM 3/30/01 -0600, you wrote:

<blockquote type=cite cite>I am looking for information regarding

my great-

grandparents, Samuel & Barbara WALT.  They

came to Knoxville from Switzerland about 1850

with two of their children:  John, b. 10 Sep 1848

and Rachel b. date unknown.  Barbara (my grand-

mother), was born in Knoxville 10 Mar 1859.

Samuel was an abittor (meat butcher) and was in

the Civil War. </blockquote>

If he was a Union soldier in the Civil War, the likelihood is that he

applied for a Federal Pension.   The pension my

gggrandfather

received grew to $8.00 per month by the 1870s, but this was not

insignificant then (the multiple is 13/1 to translate 1870 money to

present day by common standards).

If he was in the Confederate Army, the matter is more difficult. 

Many

of the seceding states did pay pensions and sometimes *the state

of residence* paid soldiers who settled there, even though they

had enlisted in another state and served in that other state's

units.  You

would almost need to write the appropriate office in states where

he might have settled.  Dr. Schweitzer's books list these

addresses.

The National Archives site tells you how to order forms to receive

Military

Records and Pension Records.  The military records almost 

always end

with the discharge (1861-1865) but the pension records can have

birth

records, marriage records, depositions of neighbors ("he left for

the war

able to work and returned with a 'bad' hip and could no longer

farm"),

etc. even into the 1870s, 1880s and sometimes to 1900 (when pension

was

updated for surviving spouse).

Good luck!

<blockquote type=cite cite> This family was in the 1850 and

1860 Knox County Census.  What happened to

them  after the Civil War?  I  could not find them

in the 1870 census.

Would appreciate any information.  Thanks in

advance.

Joan Shelton

<a href="mailto:jshelton1@mindspring.com">jshelton1@mindspring.com</a>

</blockquote>

<div>J. C. Tumblin, O.D.</div>

<div>Past-President</div>

<div>Knoxville Civil War Roundtable</div>

<div>Member, Heritage Committee</div>

<div>Fountain City Town Hall</div>

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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 19:40:11 EST

From: KAT3946429@aol.com

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Too Funny

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If you need a good laugh about your inability to locate family members, this=

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might just be the answer. It was posted on another site and thought I'd=20

share with all of you. Nina

WERE YOUR ANCESTORS BEAMED DOWN BY ALIENS? NEW DNA EVIDENCE.

Scientists at The National Academy for the Study of UFO's have

recently confirmed the existence of the "UFO chromosome." While

most genealogists are aware of the x chromosome, passed from one

female generation to the next, and the y chromosome, from which

it is possible to determine descent in an uninterrupted male

lineage from a common ancestor, the "UFO chromosome" had

previously been only speculation. Working with DNA recovered from

the aliens of the Roswell, New Mexico crash, the scientists have

discovered the "UFO chromosome" is also present in some humans.

This discovery confirms that aliens have been breeding with

humans for centuries, and beaming their progeny back to earth.

For the "low" price of $10,000, they will test your DNA to see if

you possess the "UFO chromosome." While the test will not tell

WHICH ancestor had the "UFO chromosome," there are several ways

to identify that ancestor.

For those ancestors to conceal their identity:

1.=A0 They moved every few years, never spending long at one

location.

2.=A0 They were the only person of that surname in the county.

3.=A0 The county clerk who was also an alien, assured that your

ancestor's marriage bond would "accidentally" be lost, their

deeds set aside and never recorded, and their entire probate file

would turn up "missing" even though indexes say it once existed.

4.=A0 The census taker would either not list them, OR he would

list them twice, with sleight differences, causing quarrels among

descendants whether they are the same person or not.

5.=A0 The family Bible was sent "west" with the youngest unmarried

daughter, where she married a "Mr. Smith."

6.=A0 The family cemetery was sold to outsiders, who used the headstones

to make a sidewalk.

7.=A0 The church they joined did not believe in recording vital

statistics.

8.=A0 They started rumors of how they were related to someone

famous, causing descendants to search the wrong family.

9.=A0 They started rumors of how they were born in England,

arrived in Virginia with two brothers (one of whom was born in France,

the

other in Sweden). To conceal their identity, one brother moved to

Georgia, the other to Maine, while they remained in Virginia.

10. And, when all else failed and they were about to be

discovered, the county court house would "accidentally" burn.

If you can prove your ancestor was beamed down by aliens,

Halbert's of Bath, Ohio has recently prepared a family history of the

Alien

family, complete with the Alien coat of arms, which you will be

proud to display over your fireplace.