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knoxcotn-digest Tuesday, January 30 2001 Volume 01 : Number 172

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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 20:13:59 -0500

From: "Al Craig" <amc@esper.com>

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] John R. Craig research

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John R. Craig (my Great Grandfather, son of James Whitehill Craig) lived =

near the intersection of North Shore Dr and Ebinezer Rd. (alive in 1940 =

about 20yoa, not present 1970) wife Elizabeth Jane Hunter. Was in Union =

army during Civil War. Would appreciate any info.

Thanks

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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 23:27:59 EST

From: RMcgi81640@aol.com

Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] John R. Craig research

Ann,

Either you live in a different century or your dates are off about 150

years. First , allow me to introduce myself, I am Robert McGinnis, Knox

County Cemetery Historian, The Craig Cemetery that I copied in June 1981 is

now the site of the Northshore Hills subdivision. The graves (excuse me I

mean stones) were moved to the nearby Grace Presbyterian Cemetery (At least

they were decent enough to save the stones), but I can find no mortuary in

East TN that will admit to knowing anything about the graves and

unfortunately I believe them. Which means your ancestor's remains are now

scattered to the four winds in or under someones house. Excuse my bluntness!

I get mad when I think what our good minded Yankee Developers are doing to

our County. There were three stones here of which I have recent pictures in

my possession. Elizabeth J (Hunter) wife of John Craig married February 1

1838, May 12 1821 - February 19 1897; J R Craig CO E 1st TN L.A. (no

dates); and Samuel A Craig son of John & Elizabeth Craig October 11 1847

- - August 20 1880. Others of the family are buried with the stones now in

Grace Cemetery.

Please e-mail me if I can help or send you copies of the photo's. Sorry,

But this particular subject of destroyed cemeteries gets my goat.

Robert McGinnis

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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 15:33:05 -0800

From: "elderbrooks" <elderbrooks@email.msn.com>

Subject: Fw: [KnoxCoTN] John R. Craig research

This was received by Ann Poe I gather in haste. I have no idea what is going

on.

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From: <RMcgi81640@aol.com>

To: <amc@esper.com>

Cc: <knoxcotn@rootsquest.com>

Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 8:27 PM

Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] John R. Craig research

> Ann,

> Either you live in a different century or your dates are off about 150

> years. First , allow me to introduce myself, I am Robert McGinnis, Knox

> County Cemetery Historian, The Craig Cemetery that I copied in June 1981

> now the site of the Northshore Hills subdivision. The graves (excuse me I

> mean stones) were moved to the nearby Grace Presbyterian Cemetery (At

least

> they were decent enough to save the stones), but I can find no mortuary in

> East TN that will admit to knowing anything about the graves and

> unfortunately I believe them. Which means your ancestor's remains are now

> scattered to the four winds in or under someones house. Excuse my

bluntness!

> I get mad when I think what our good minded Yankee Developers are doing to

> our County. There were three stones here of which I have recent pictures

> my possession. Elizabeth J (Hunter) wife of John Craig married February

> 1838, May 12 1821 - February 19 1897; J R Craig CO E 1st TN L.A. (no

> dates); and Samuel A Craig son of John & Elizabeth Craig October 11

1847

> - August 20 1880. Others of the family are buried with the stones now

> Grace Cemetery.

> Please e-mail me if I can help or send you copies of the photo's.

Sorry,

> But this particular subject of destroyed cemeteries gets my goat.

> Robert McGinnis

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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:48:39 -0500

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

Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] John R. Craig research

Robert! Watch where yore a-slingin' them thar "Yanqui" remarks...remember,

my daddy was born in Boston and I'm married to a Clevelander -- even his

Hungarian grandparents were from the northern section of that country!!!

Let's hope you didn't offend any of our list members...or I'll have to git

that fine suthrin mama o' yor'n ta take you out back with a switch! (which

conjures up some interesting visuals, since she's about 5'2" and you're

about 6'5"!)

Oh -- and thanks for your always-helpful information about our departed

ancestors....

At 11:27 PM 1/28/01 -0500, Robert McGinnis wrote:

>Ann,

> Either you live in a different century or your dates are off about 150

>years. First , allow me to introduce myself, I am Robert McGinnis, Knox

>County Cemetery Historian, The Craig Cemetery that I copied in June 1981 is

>now the site of the Northshore Hills subdivision. The graves (excuse me I

>mean stones) were moved to the nearby Grace Presbyterian Cemetery (At least

>they were decent enough to save the stones), but I can find no mortuary in

>East TN that will admit to knowing anything about the graves and

>unfortunately I believe them. Which means your ancestor's remains are now

>scattered to the four winds in or under someones house. Excuse my bluntness!

>I get mad when I think what our good minded Yankee Developers are doing to

>our County. There were three stones here of which I have recent pictures in

>my possession. Elizabeth J (Hunter) wife of John Craig married February 1

>1838, May 12 1821 - February 19 1897; J R Craig CO E 1st TN L.A. (no

>dates); and Samuel A Craig son of John & Elizabeth Craig October 11 1847

>- August 20 1880. Others of the family are buried with the stones now in

>Grace Cemetery.

> Please e-mail me if I can help or send you copies of the photo's. Sorry,

>But this particular subject of destroyed cemeteries gets my goat.

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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 21:26:55 EST

From: RMcgi81640@aol.com

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Forgive Me!

Late last night I answered a e-mail from someone concerning the Craig family.

I pretty well opened up and said what I thought not knowing that everyone was

going to receive a copy. I apolozige for some of my comments but the subject

was a one that enflamed me greatly. I should have used the term Outsiders

instead of Yankee, but the damage done here in Knox County is not just

limited to them, by also to each of us to have turned a blind eye in the name

of progress. If I offended you personally I would like a chance to hear from

you a reply in a personal way, please e-mail.

On that same note, If you have AOL please check for me, it seems that

several people recieved that e-mail with their personal addresses attached

not just the list address, Everyone I talk to including AOL tell me that

this is impossible unless i intended it to happen, Folks I have no address

book, so if you received a personal copy I want to hear from you too!

Again, I make and will continue to make mistakes in my life and

cemeteries, I am only human, Accept my apologies,

Robert McGinnis

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 09:15:55 -0500

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

Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] Forgive Me!

Thanks for apologizing, Robert. We're all human, and even those of us

who've been e-mailing for years (I've used it for going-on 20 years now)

still find we're haunted occasionally by gremlins that do strange things to

our mail...

We have a great group here, and it's the "family" atmosphere on this list

that makes me enjoy it so much. We just have to remember that our "family"

is actually made up of people who come from every imaginable background.

My favorite southern author, Florence King, wrote that the first rule of

Southern Womanhood is to never do anything that reflects badly on your

mama. That applies to Southern Gentlemen, too. As long as we remember

that, we should do just fine...

BTW -- I hear that a petite mama in North Knox County did take a switch to

a certain son of hers last night...wish I'd had the video camera handy! <g>

At 09:26 PM 1/29/01 -0500, RMcgi81640@aol.com wrote:

>Late last night I answered a e-mail from someone concerning the Craig family.

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