Comments for Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com "...reared in the common cause of family." Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:24:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Cumberland Settlements by William Puryear http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2011/08/11/the-cumberland-settlements/comment-page-1/#comment-359 William Puryear Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:24:47 +0000 http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/?p=171#comment-359 Arlene – If you liked our first book you may also appreciate our second one, Thoroughfare for Freedom, published by Warioto Press in May 2011, in the same format, with land grants south of the Cumberland River. It is also accompanied by a data set 3, Land Grant Genealogy. I will email you contents and cover, or you may see it on our website at Cumberlandpioneers.com. Bill Arlene – If you liked our first book you may also appreciate our second one, Thoroughfare for Freedom, published by Warioto Press in May 2011, in the same format, with land grants south of the Cumberland River. It is also accompanied by a data set 3, Land Grant Genealogy. I will email you contents and cover, or you may see it on our website at Cumberlandpioneers.com.
Bill

]]> Comment on The Cumberland Settlements by William Puryear http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2011/08/11/the-cumberland-settlements/comment-page-1/#comment-358 William Puryear Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:23:10 +0000 http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/?p=171#comment-358 Arlene - If you liked our first book you may also appreciate our second one, Thoroughfare for Freedom, published by Warioto Press in May 2011, in the same format, with land grants south of the Cumberland River. It is also accompanied by a data set 3, Land Grant Genealogy. I will email you contents and cover, or you may see it on our website at Cumberlandpioneers.com. Bill Arlene – If you liked our first book you may also appreciate our second one, Thoroughfare for Freedom, published by Warioto Press in May 2011, in the same format, with land grants south of the Cumberland River. It is also accompanied by a data set 3, Land Grant Genealogy. I will email you contents and cover, or you may see it on our website at Cumberlandpioneers.com.
Bill

]]> Comment on Tennessee Had Two Military Districts by jhill8992 http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2009/11/30/tennessee-had-two-military-districts/comment-page-1/#comment-128 jhill8992 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:06:52 +0000 http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/?p=89#comment-128 Please accept and pick up the the Ancestor Approved Award at <a>Roots'N' Leaves</a> I learn so much about my Tennessee roots from you. Thanks. Please accept and pick up the the Ancestor Approved Award at Roots’N’ Leaves

I learn so much about my Tennessee roots from you. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Tennessee Had Two Military Districts by admin http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2009/11/30/tennessee-had-two-military-districts/comment-page-1/#comment-118 admin Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:18:28 +0000 http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/?p=89#comment-118 lghayes: on the right menu of my Tennessee Blog, click on Genealogy Blog Home link. Then go to August, 2006 and the post for 21 August. There you will find the list of evidence in military records. Thanks for your question. Arlene lghayes: on the right menu of my Tennessee Blog, click on Genealogy Blog Home link. Then go to August, 2006 and the post for 21 August. There you will find the list of evidence in military records. Thanks for your question. Arlene

]]> Comment on Tennessee Had Two Military Districts by lghayes http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2009/11/30/tennessee-had-two-military-districts/comment-page-1/#comment-116 lghayes Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:07:25 +0000 http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/?p=89#comment-116 How do I find this article? Genealogy News Sheet Blog on Genealogy Evidence, Monday August 21, 2006: Exact Proof: Little-Known and Never-Used Military Records How do I find this article?

Genealogy News Sheet Blog on Genealogy Evidence, Monday August 21, 2006: Exact Proof: Little-Known and Never-Used Military Records

]]> Comment on War of 1812 Bicentennial and Your Tennessee Genealogy by jhill8992 http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2010/02/09/war-of-1812-bicentennial-and-your-tennessee-genealogy/comment-page-1/#comment-115 jhill8992 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:55:24 +0000 http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/?p=93#comment-115 Just wanted to say thank you for the great information. I will be watching for more wonderful information from you. Just wanted to say thank you for the great information. I will be watching for more wonderful information from you.

]]> Comment on 13 November 1835–Organic Law of the Republic of Texas by admin http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2009/11/13/13-november-1835-organic-law-of-the-republic-of-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-114 admin Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:39:54 +0000 http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/?p=86#comment-114 9 Feb 2010: Some additional details about George Washington Smith: furnished by Afton Reintjes by phone last evening-- Smith served under John Coffey Hays, known to all in Texas as Jack Hays. He was the son of George Smith of Virginia. His origins still have not been discovered. Smith died in Wilson County TN after returning from a trip down river to market his goods in New Orleans. The father contracted what is believed to be cholera on the trip. Arlene Eakle 9 Feb 2010: Some additional details about George Washington Smith: furnished by Afton Reintjes by phone last evening– Smith served under John Coffey Hays, known to all in Texas as Jack Hays. He was the son of George Smith of Virginia. His origins still have not been discovered. Smith died in Wilson County TN after returning from a trip down river to market his goods in New Orleans. The father contracted what is believed to be cholera on the trip. Arlene Eakle

]]> Comment on A Genealogy Place for Tennessee… by jutkey http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2010/01/04/a-genealogy-place-for-tennessee/comment-page-1/#comment-113 jutkey Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:34:16 +0000 http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/?p=91#comment-113 Arlene Your blogsite is fantastic. My family has an East TN/West NC conundrum. Our research takes us to a Captain John Key who was supposedly the son of Moses Key, Jr., from the Quaker Moses Key line in PA. Reputed Key Researcher Julia Lane states that he was a captain in the Rev. War from "Washington County, NC" which we understand to be West NC/East TN territory. A Key family certainly settled that area, mostly in Greene County around 1790 and after. Although this John Key has both a SAR and DAR record, we've been unable to retrieve any military documents for him or locate him and other Keys there until after 1790. The first we find John Key is in Greene County where he obtains 100 acres on Lick Creek in 1794. Julia Lane mentions "family papers" when talking about John's children, so we think that perhaps this is where she gets his military and other information as well. We also know that Julia Lane put in lots of requests to the government for military documentation on those she was researching. Any help or guidance on where to look for the Washington County or "District" records... whether military, tax, land records, petitions, etc.? Will appreciate anything you have to offer! Thanks! Arlene
Your blogsite is fantastic. My family has an East TN/West NC conundrum. Our research takes us to a Captain John Key who was supposedly the son of Moses Key, Jr., from the Quaker Moses Key line in PA. Reputed Key Researcher Julia Lane states that he was a captain in the Rev. War from “Washington County, NC” which we understand to be West NC/East TN territory.

A Key family certainly settled that area, mostly in Greene County around 1790 and after. Although this John Key has both a SAR and DAR record, we’ve been unable to retrieve any military documents for him or locate him and other Keys there until after 1790. The first we find John Key is in Greene County where he obtains 100 acres on Lick Creek in 1794. Julia Lane mentions “family papers” when talking about John’s children, so we think that perhaps this is where she gets his military and other information as well. We also know that Julia Lane put in lots of requests to the government for military documentation on those she was researching.

Any help or guidance on where to look for the Washington County or “District” records… whether military, tax, land records, petitions, etc.?

Will appreciate anything you have to offer! Thanks!

]]> Comment on Tennessee Had Two Military Districts by admin http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2009/11/30/tennessee-had-two-military-districts/comment-page-1/#comment-107 admin Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:30:52 +0000 http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/?p=89#comment-107 Whenever military lands opened up, claimants appeared. First, follow the warrant numbers which AB Pruitt includes. Then check his North Carolina Land Warrants and Entries Index for your names. Follow those names through the North Carolina works which Pruitt indexed. It could be that your ancestors enlisted in PA for the up-front payments given to soldiers. They could have originated in PA, gone to NC and then shopped around for the best enlistment deal. Or you could have a PA man claiming lands in a TN military district because he served and thought he was eligible. Byron Sistler has compiled a multi-volume index to TN Land Grants. Check that next. Then follow the directions on how to access the originals. The original grants are on microfilm through the Family History Library--check TN, then Land and Property to find the call numbers--there are several land districts. Be sure you are in the right one for the filmed copies. Many thanks for your comment, Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle Whenever military lands opened up, claimants appeared. First, follow the warrant numbers which AB Pruitt includes. Then check his North Carolina Land Warrants and Entries Index for your names. Follow those names through the North Carolina works which Pruitt indexed. It could be that your ancestors enlisted in PA for the up-front payments given to soldiers. They could have originated in PA, gone to NC and then shopped around for the best enlistment deal. Or you could have a PA man claiming lands in a TN military district because he served and thought he was eligible.

Byron Sistler has compiled a multi-volume index to TN Land Grants. Check that next. Then follow the directions on how to access the originals. The original grants are on microfilm through the Family History Library–check TN, then Land and Property to find the call numbers–there are several land districts. Be sure you are in the right one for the filmed copies.

Many thanks for your comment, Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle

]]> Comment on Tennessee Had Two Military Districts by proarenee http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2009/11/30/tennessee-had-two-military-districts/comment-page-1/#comment-105 proarenee Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:02:06 +0000 http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/?p=89#comment-105 Arlene, Your military district information is just what I needed. I am trying to piece together a community of land grant soldiers who settled in the Watauga Purchase or State of Franklin on the South side of the Holston River, ca 1780. My research info comes from A.B.Pruitt's book of of North Carolina Warrants in Tennessee. I need to find the land grant info. These men were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. I have their pension files but they enlisted in Pennsylvania and were discharged from there. Is military district #1 just composed of those who served from North Carolina? Could they have settled temporarily, then received the land grant for Tennessee? What do you suggest? Arlene,

Your military district information is just what I needed. I am trying to piece together a community of land grant soldiers who settled in the Watauga Purchase or State of Franklin on the South side of the Holston River, ca 1780. My research info comes from A.B.Pruitt’s book of of North Carolina Warrants in Tennessee. I need to find the land grant info. These men were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. I have their pension files but they enlisted in Pennsylvania and were discharged from there. Is military district #1 just composed of those who served from North Carolina? Could they have settled temporarily, then received the land grant for Tennessee? What do you suggest?

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