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knoxcotn-digest Tuesday, May 15 2001 Volume 01 : Number 158
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 05:35:54 -0400 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Re: Just got my first W32.BadTrans.13312@mm hit That's entirely correct, Marjorie. I've seen too many people get pooped on in the past few weeks -- I spent several hours cleaning up a friend's computer because she had no idea she'd been infected...multiple times! She had Norton Antivirus installed, but she hadn't kept her definitions updated. One of our fellow list members wrote to tell me that this new strain has two versions: one that Norton will kick out, and one that is sort of dormant when you have a virus scanner. So, I'm off to do more research. At 11:15 PM 5/12/01 -0400, you wrote: >Billie, I agree wholeheartedly. > >My not-so-old Norton's Virus service with Symantec ran out recently. I called >to re-new. They told me that I needed the new software that is out instead of >renewing using my other software because my other Norton's software would not >be able to handle the newer, more sophisticated viruses. <snipped> ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 07:23:56 -0400 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] My-Ged.com I haven't gone there yet, but I read in a gene journal just now about a free site for sharing GEDCOM files: www.my-ged.com -- says it has 5 million pages of data. This isn't an endorsement -- just letting you know it's out there. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 10:50:15 -0400 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Gatlinburg Scottish Games this weekend May 18-20 is the date of the 2001 Gatlinburg Scottish Highland Games at Mills Park outside Gatlinburg (on Hwy. 321 -- Cosby Hwy.). My dear friend, Bruce Davies (www.brucedavies.com) will once again be the featured performer. He's from Scotland, so he adds a great flavor to the Games. There will be clan genealogy information tables, sheep dog competition, men racing in kilts, marching pipes and bands, and much more. And it's such a deal: $15 for the whole weekend!!!! Or, if you can only come for one day, it's $10 for Saturday and $8 for Sunday. For info about the event, write to gatlinburghighlandgames@juno.com I'll be hanging around Bruce's table, since Sir Spouse and I are his East Tennessee "roadies." I hope you'll come by and say "Hey." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 11:46:57 -0400 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Cameron reunion May 20 From the newspaper -- I don't have any additional details: The annual Cameron family reunion will be held Sunday, May 20, at the Grainger County Park shelter on Lake Shore Road (I think that's Bean Station). Lunch will be served at 1 p.m. Please bring a covered dish and drink. All family and friends are invited to attend. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 12:30:11 -0400 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Great restaurant in Mooresburg If you find yourself on a genealogical jaunt between Rutledge and Rogersville on Hwy. 11W between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. M-Sat or 5 a.m and 2 p.m on Sunday, treat yourself to a meal at the Country Corner Restaurant. It's good food, friendly people, and excellent prices (40c for a cup of coffee!). It's just off the 4-lane highway a block or so. Address is Old Highway 11W, Mooresburg. Phone is 423-272-5027. I don't have a financial interest in the place, but I ate there a few days ago and felt it was good enough to recommend. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 13:06:30 -0400 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] RE: Vineyards Thanks for the note -- y'all must've had a grand time! Be sure you put a query on all the various TNGenWeb county pages with this information -- it would be a shame to have them looking for you and not find you! I'm sharing your note with the DumplinTN and KnoxCoTN discussion lists, since there are Vineyard researchers on both those lists. At 11:55 AM 5/13/01 -0500, you wrote: >This gathering sounds wonderful. We just had a small one in DESoto, Mo. >yesterday for the descendents of Christian and Christina (Tabler) Vineyard >(formerly Weinert) from Botetourt County,VA.Their children started west in >the early 1800's, some remaining in Blount, Grainger and Knox Co's. (to >this day) Our ancestors settled in and around Jefferson Co. MO. We are >just in the early stages of trying to gather these descendents together >and hope to have a reunion as large as yours someday. Let us know how >your's turns out. If you run across and Vin(e)yard's or Tabler's give them >my e-mail address, I'd love to hear from them. Barbara Vineyard >Heiles bvh37@msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 13:51:37 -0400 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Knoxville Soap Factory I have no financial interest in this, but I thought I'd pass it along because it does have a historic connection to Knoxville... http://www.knoxvillesoap.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 13:01:35 -0500 From: preagan@new.rr.com Subject: [KnoxCoTN] William Nelson Does anyone have information on William Nelson who is listed in the Tennessee Will book: NELSON, WILLIAM DIED 1797 Will book 1 page 58. Knox County Tennessee. His wife ‘s name is Mary “Polly” Nelson. Any information would be helpful Thank You Pat Graves Reagan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 07:57:08 -0400 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Gene Workshop Saturday in Clinton, TN Pellissippi Genealogical & Historical Society Workshop Saturday, May 19,2001---9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Clinton Senior High School Cafeteria 425 Dragon Drive Clinton, Tennessee A Genealogy and History Workshop Theme: "Past and Future" Featuring; Special Guest Speakers---Genealogy Book Sales Genealogy Book Vendors---Genealogy Materials and Forms Local and East Tennessee History Free Genealogy Catalogs and Literature Lots Of Free Door Prizes Free Refreshments and Food For Breaks and Lunch Free Admission Everyone Is Welcome If anyone has Genealogy Books, or Genealogy Materials they would like to sell, you are welcome to come, we will have tables set up for all Genealogy Book Sales and there is no charge. You can get in touch with me for further information. http://pghs.home.att.net mailto:pghs@att.net
Directions to the Pellissippi Workshop are on our Homepage and there will be signs posted. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 08:04:43 -0400 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Holloway I know we've got some Holloway researchers in this area...maybe a distant branch? ========================= The following article was published in the Kansas City Star, 5/701. It deals with a road project which has located a newly discovered graveyard in the path of the construction and is seeking information about descendents in order to have the bodies moved to another graveyard. Highway's progress temporarily halted by a family's eternal rest By DONALD BRADLEY - The Kansas City Star Date: 05/06/01 22:15 If the day were bright and trees didn't block the view, mourners at America Ann Holloway's burial back in 1858 probably could have seen for miles from the rise near the farmhouse. Indeed, the Holloways of Jackson County picked a mighty pretty spot for their family cemetery. How was this family -- which probably farmed with mules -- to know that almost a century and a half later, huge earth-moving machines would come plowing through its final resting place to make room for a new highway? State officials were surprised, too. The cemetery, which officials think contains nine graves, is not much larger than a two-car garage, but it lies in the path of the new Missouri 150 being constructed on Kansas City's southern edge. The site is between Holmes Road and U.S. 71. The graves must be moved. State officials are eager to find Holloway heirs to speed the process because the meter is running on a $13.6 million project. The department conducts a cultural resources study when planning a highway's route to find things such as cemeteries. But family plots, particularly before the Civil War, were seldom recorded. Construction workers recently unearthed a marble headstone while moving a large section of water pipe. The engraving reads: "America Ann Holloway, born Feb. 9, 1835, died July 26, 1858. aged 23 years 3 months 17 days." The workers cordoned off the area and notified the Missouri Department of Transportation. At first, officials suspected that the headstone could have been discarded or was perhaps a result of vandalism from another cemetery. But state archaeologists from Jefferson City later found another headstone, a square coffin nail and evidence of seven other graves. The top of a rock wall, which apparently surrounded the plot, is barely visible. The site has not been disturbed further. A line of water pipe sections stops cold at the edge of the cemetery. But respect has a price. "So far, we've been able to work around it. But now we need to do something," Transportation Department spokesman Steve Porter said Friday at the site. State officials would love to find Holloway heirs. Anyone with information about the Holloway family is asked to call Jeffrey Forster, a transportation department project manager, at (816) 622-0464. If family cannot be found, state officials will seek permission in court to move the graves. "This will literally be an archaeological dig," said John Cave, transportation department attorney. "These graves will have to be exhumed and relocated to another cemetery." Officials have learned that a man named John G. Holloway in 1848 either bought or agreed to homestead the land. Records show that several generations of his family farmed it through the 1880s. The second headstone found at the site was that of Isaac M. Holloway Jr., who died July 16, 1858. The date was 10 days before America Ann Holloway died. Officials, who visited the site Friday, think that Isaac was the son of America Ann and Isaac Holloway Sr. and that he died at birth. "And she probably died of complications 10 days later," Porter said. As he later walked from the site, Cave said he'd never encountered a situation like this. "Seems like it's something new every day," he said. Even when it's nearly 150 years old. To reach Donald Bradley, call (816) 234-7810 or send e-mail to dbradley@kcstar.com. ------------------------------ End of knoxcotn-digest V1 #158 ******************************
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