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knoxcotn-digest Sunday, March 4 2001 Volume 01 : Number 181

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Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 20:43:48 -0500

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

Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] Davenports

Patsy -- don't let the Halls "Chamber of Commerce" people hear you say it's

gone... <g> The people who live and own businesses there are a-right proud

of their community...

Just a suggestion -- and I'm no expert on North Knox County -- but you'll

find more Irwins and Davenports closer to "town" than you will out in Halls...

At 06:23 PM 3/3/01 -0600, patsy wrote:

>I just recently joined the list and am hoping I can find a brick wall I

>have hit. I am looking for a James Albert Davenport who was married to a

>Sarah ( Sallie ) Irwin. I have been told they lived in what was then

>Hall's Crossroads. It no longer there but is now part of Knoxville. All I

>have is that he was living there in 1907 when my grandfather was born.

> I live in Cave City, Ky .Any help would be greatly appreciated and I

> would be willing to help some one who needs information in my area.

><mailto:patsy@scrtc.com>patsy@scrtc.com

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Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 22:33:03 -0600

From: "Kay Rodell" <krodell@risecom.net>

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Researching

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I started researching my family in Sept. 1999, joined the Knox web site =

shortly afterwards. This site has brought me a tremendous amount of =

info. Thanks to Rose Ann, Billie, Pat and others who answered my =

queries. I am researching Thomas G. BRITT Sr.( my 3rd great =

grandfather) who is listed on the 1850 Knox Census with his wife and =

children, including his son Thomas G. BRITT Jr.(my 2nd great =

grandfather). I have since found that Thomas Jr. and his first wife =

Martha are listed on the 1870 Jefferson County Census. But I didnt know =

you took care of that too, Billie! I have also found he is listed on =

the Hancock County Census for 1880 along with his second wife, my 2nd =

great grandmother Evaline DAVIS ( Frances Evaline Davis). Another piece =

of information I have is that Thomas and Evaline married in Hamblin =

County. I hope to trace Thomas Sr. back further, but also hope to find =

out who the parents of Evaline were, she was disowned for her marriage =

to Thomas Jr. and I have NO info on her parents.

I live in a rural area, the nearest research library is about an hour =

and half away, so the computer has made all of this possible. This is a =

great site and appreciate the help of everyone. Just hope I cant return =

the favors sometime.

Thank you, Kay in Texas

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joined the Knox web site shortly afterwards.  This site has brought =

me a=20

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and others=20

who answered my queries.  I am researching Thomas G. BRITT Sr.( my =

3rd=20

great grandfather) who is listed on the 1850 Knox Census with his wife =

and=20

children, including his son Thomas G. BRITT Jr.(my 2nd great=20

grandfather). I have since found that Thomas Jr. and his first =

wife=20

Martha are listed on the 1870 Jefferson County Census.  But I didnt =

know=20

you took care of that too, Billie!  I have also found he =

is=20

listed on the Hancock County Census for 1880 along with his second wife, =

my 2nd=20

great grandmother Evaline DAVIS ( Frances Evaline Davis).  =

Another=20

piece of information I have is that Thomas and Evaline married in =

Hamblin=20

County.  I hope to trace Thomas Sr. back further, but also hope to =

find out=20

who the parents of Evaline were, she was disowned for her marriage to =

Thomas Jr.=20

and I have NO info on her parents.</FONT></DIV>

<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I live in a rural area, the nearest =

research=20

library is about an hour and half away, so the computer has made all of =

this=20

possible. This is a great site and appreciate the help of =

everyone.  Just=20

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thank you,  Kay in=20

Texas</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 22:58:10 -0600

From: "Kay Rodell" <krodell@risecom.net>

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Embarrassing

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I promise that wasnt a psychological slip. I have even purchased a local =

Cemetery Book so I can help others online...(S)

My posting said "cant" But, it was suppose to say CAN. I HOPE I CAN =

return the favors. LOLOLO =20

Red Faced in Texas, Kay

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My posting said "cant"  But, it =

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say CAN.  I HOPE I <STRONG>CAN </STRONG>return the favors. =20

LOLOLO  </FONT></DIV>

<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Red Faced in Texas, =

Kay</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 08:52:08 -0500

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

Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] Embarrassing

Not to fear, Kay -- I used to NEVER have to proof my typing, and I type

over 100wpm. Now I have to double-check when I type my own name!!!!

We'll look forward to your input over time... Perhaps you've got some

records you can share with the list?

At 10:58 PM 3/3/01 -0600, Kay Rodell wrote:

>I promise that wasnt a psychological slip. I have even purchased a local

>Cemetery Book so I can help others online...(S)

>My posting said "cant" But, it was suppose to say CAN. I HOPE I CAN

>return the favors. LOLOLO

>Red Faced in Texas, Kay

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Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 09:10:34 -0500

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

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] 04 Mar 2001 Sunday Afternoon Rocking

Jan must be psychic... Yesterday was the third anniversary of my daddy's

"rebirth," and this very thing was on my mind a great deal because there

were so many things I didn't take time to ask before he died. I just

reckoned he'd live for years, and I'd have plenty of opportunity. Oh, I

quizzed him hard on the family history details, but I couldn't tell you

today what the names were of the merchant marine ships he served on in

World War II...

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Hello Grandpa! (from the "Sunday Afternoon Rocking" series)

Once I was asked to place myself in a hypothetical situation. "If you

could interview anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?"

Forget the famous, dead or alive! If I had the amazing capacity to cross

boundaries of space and time, it would be one of my own ancestors I would

interview. I have tried to imagine how it might go, and of course, like

most of you, I like to imagine a warm "homecoming", a beautiful meeting of

generations…and a lot of information. But I remember that people, after

all, had personalities no matter when in time they might meet, and not all

folks of a family have the same ideas. And so it occurs, that it just as

possibly might go like this…

"Hello. You are not going to believe this. I hardly believe it myself,

but I am your third great granddaughter."

"Hmmm. You don't say? Well you certainly have your nerve, turning up this

time of night. That, young lady, came from your granny's side of the

house. Her ma was the nerviest woman I ever saw. Come to think of it, you

got your nose there too. Yup, look a little like her. 'Horse face', that

is what I called her."

"So sorry Grandpa! I had no way to know what time I might arrive…or even

exactly what year! But…if you don't mind…since I am here, and not likely

to be able to return…may I please ask you some questions?"

"Ummm. Well now, that depends. I want somebody to know something, I tell

it, and I don't much hold with nosey."

"Uh. Well for starters, (and let me get out my charts here), but can you

tell me who third great granny's father is?"

"That is not up for discussion. And polite folks don't talk about it."

"Oh. Well can you tell me please, if your father really was Cherokee?"

"Nor is that. You are worse than that derned census taker."

"Oh. Well could you please tell me the exact year you were born?"

"I will tell you this, I am old enough to know better and young enough to

care."

"Ummm. Could you tell me where you migrated …uh …moved here from?"

"Now that is common knowledge. And if you were a scholar, you could look

it up."

"But can you tell me the EXACT place you moved from?"

"Well now, it was down the road a piece from the Jones and up the road a

piece from the Smiths. Took us mite near two weeks to travel."

"But the town?"

"Weren't no town"

"Oh. Well then…I can't find the death record of your first wife. Could

you please tell me what happened to her?"

"Don't see where that is any of your business, young lady."

"Oh. Well then…I am missing names of your siblings. Can you tell me that?"

"Oh well now…there was Squirrel, and Rabbit, and Jumbo…and…"

"No, I mean their real names…"

"Well you will have to consult the family Bible on that one. That ain't

what we called them."

"YES!!! Where IS that family Bible, Grandpa?"

"Well now, Aileen has it."

"Aileen? Who is Aileen??"

"My mama's sister. Only she up and married that peddler passing through

here and I don't rightly know where she went."

"Who was the peddler, Grandpa?"

"Well now, I don't rightly remember. He weren't much to look at though, I

remember that. Now I got something to ask you."

"Yes sir! Ask anything at all!"

"Don't you have anything better to do? Looks to me like a strapping young

woman like you would have to get up in the morning and do your chores. And

if you ain't got more to you than to be aiming on that one, you ain't no

kin to me anyhow."

And then the door slams. And I am not one bit better off than I was in the

first place… Maybe that is why there is no more to go on than there

is…wasn't anything to go on then either.

Just a thought,

jan

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