Sunday, June 29, 2014

"Samuel Elrod was the fourth son, and while yet a young man met with an accident that cost him his life. He was riding a feisty, untamed horse, and it becoming probably frightened at something, in its jumping and plunging, finally threw Samuel off and killed him. We believe his neck was broken."

"While they (the sons) were large, rawboned men, capable of great privation and endurance, and Dempsey was always on the puny order, in looks strange that the weaker vessel should

outlast the strong ones. But so it often occurs.

We see it almost continuously in every day life, and on

every hand and side of us."

"If the whole people of the United States were as quiet and peaceable as the Elrods, very little trouble would come."

"It seem strange that all of the old Rowan County, North Carolina emigrants were all Democrats, and that all of their descendants are of the same faith. There is only now and then an exception."

(Guess I would be considered and 'exception' -

RED TO THE BONE!)

The Salem Democrat newspaper is still in operation in Salem, Indiana. The newspaper is published once a week on Thursday.The Salem Democrat began publication in 1827.

John B. Elrod was born on May 29, 1762 in Yadkin,

Rowan County, North Carolina.

He was the son of Christopher Elrod SR and Aaltje Soelle.

Husband of Sarah Ann Riddle (daughter of Stephen Riddle and Elizabeth Douthit). John and Sarah were the parents of Mary, Anna, William, Stephen, Samuel, Susanna, John A.,

Martin, Sarah, Kesiah, Eli, and Dempsey. (The information in PIONEER PICKINGS does not include/mentions a few of these children; however, I am fairly certain that I have the correct list above.) John died in 1855 and Sarah in 1840 - I am unable to find John and Sarah's burial site(s).

Research leads to the facts/information that

John and Sarah both died in Orange, Indiana.

Monday, June 23, 2014

QUAKERS ~ SEED & LIGHT

John Robinson and Hannah Clark

John - b. January 1735 d. 1822

Hannah - b. 1740 d. 1832

John was born to Quakers Nicholas and Elizabeth (Williamson) Robinson who emigrated out of Ireland and first settled in Maryland, then later moved to Orange (Guilford) County, North Carolina and settled in the Quaker community called the New Garden Monthly Meeting (MM). Quaker records show that John requested and was accepted as a member of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in 1757.

John had only one known sibling, William.

In 1760, John married Hannah Clark, daughter of John Clark who was not a Quaker. This was cause for disownment from the Quakers, which he was but was later reinstated.

Of this union 10 children were born: Elizabeth b.1761, Lydia b.1763, Nicholas b.1765, Rachel b.1768 (my 5th Great Grandmother), William

In 1790, John and his family, joined the many other Quakers who were leaving New Garden, because of the prevalence of slavery which was repulsive to them, and first relocated to the Quaker community of Westfield MM, Surry Co., Virginia where they stayed for 11 years, then moved on to Mt. Pleasant MM, Greyson Co., Virginia.

It was in 1811 that John and Hannah and their youngest son Jehu and his family made the long trip to Darby Creek(Goshen) MM, Logan Co., Ohio which was a part of the Northwest Territory created in 1787 by the act of Congress of the Confederation of the United States under the "Northwest Ordinance." The primary attraction of of this ordinance for Quakers was the prohibition of slavery in this new territory.

John and Hannah soon relocated to Salem, Champaign County, Ohio by 1812.

Although John and Hannah's burial sites are not known, it was most likely in the "Old Friends Graveyard" near the source of the north fork of King's Creek which is now known as the Friends or Lapham-Ryan Cemetery or Old Mount Tabor Cemetery in Champaign County, Ohio.

The core belief of Quakers is that everyone has direct access to God.A common Quaker saying is the "There is that of God in everyone." This saying does not refer to a pantheistic

belief-system - but rather to the idea that God is working within each and every person on Earth.

Two common Quaker metaphors are Seed and Light.

The SEED planted within each person, if nourished, will grown and blossom into a full awareness of God.

LIGHT shines into our innermost being and the light illuminates our sin andgive us clarity, leading, peace, rest and a deep awareness of God's love for us.

Minutes from Quaker Meeting

Name:	Rachel Robenson
Birth Date:	22 Dec 1768
Birth Date on Image:	22 Twelfth 1768
Birth Place:	Guilford, North Carolina
Father:	John Robenson
Mother:	Hannah
Event Type:	Birth
Monthly Meeting:	New Garden Monthly Meeting
Historical Meeting Data:	Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'
Yearly Meeting:	North Carolina Yearly Meeting
Title:	Men's Minutes, 1783-1800
Meeting State:	North Carolina
Meeting County:	Guilford

QUAKER DOCTRINES

Inner Light - Quakers believe 'every man' has an inner light from God

Outward Sacraments - Quakers traditionally don't observe water baptism or communion

Spontaneous Worship - Quaker worship is known for their waiting on the Holy Spirit to move

Peace Testimony - Quakers have a long history of refusing to engage in physical combat

John Robinson (1735 - 1822)

6th great grandfather

Rachel Permelia Robinson (1768 - 1857)

daughter of John Robinson

Jonathon Fuson (1795 - 1867)

son of Rachel Permelia Robinson

Elizabeth Fuson (1837 - 1917)

daughter of Jonathon Fuson

Evaline "Babe" Cantrell (1859 - 1939)

daughter of Elizabeth Fusion

Pearl Gambrell (1881 - 1935)

daughter of Evaline "Babe" Cantrell

Fannie Pearl Herron (1906 - 1993)

daughter of Pearl Gambrell

Lorene Ashburn (1924 - 2003)

daughter of Fannie Pearl Herron

Anna Faye Allison

Daughter of Lorene Allison

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

"SIZE OF A TEACUP"

CHARITY SEROONE
alt. sp. (Charroon)(Stone)
1761-1844

Charity Seroone 4th Great Grandmother

Susannah Childress (1786 - 1869)

daughter of Charity Seroone

Elizabeth Robinson (1826 - 1932)

daughter of Susannah Childress

Louisiana Ann Gracy (1856 - 1928)

daughter of Elizabeth Robinson

William Luther Allison (1876 - 1964)

son of Louisiana Ann Gracie

Ernest Haywood Allison (1921 - 2000)

son of William Luther Allison

Anna Faye Allison

Charity was born 1761 in Buckingham County, Virginia.
She died 1845 - DeKalb County (Smithville), Tennessee

Originally buried at Robinson Cemetery, the cemetery was relocated to the Mount Holly Cemetery when Center Hill Dam on the Caney Fork river was built. Most were removed during 1948. Not all burials were moved to Mount Holly. In Cemetery No. 60 in Cemeteries of DeKalb County, Tennessee - there were 11 graves listed as unknown in the original Robinson Cemetery.

Mount Holly Cemetery

Smithville, TN (DeKalb County)

Charity is buried in an unmarked grave near her husband Pvt William Childress.

(Revolutionary War Patriot)

DAR Marker/ Old Walton Road Chapter

Transcription of Headstones

from Robinson Cemetery, Dekalb Co. TN

1 - Robinson, Sarah Elizabeth, 27 Aug 1872-29 Aug 1888, present at disinterment ... brother, E. H. Robinson

2 - Robinson, Sarah Elizabeth, 2 Aug 1812-29 Aug 1888, present at disinterment ... niece, Mrs. Nancy Robinson,

3 - Childress, H. C., -1916, (Hiram C.) present at disinterment ... daughter, Mrs. Nancy Robinson,

4 - Childress, Mary, 30 Mar 1851-30 Oct 1925, present at disinterment ... daughter, Mrs. Nancy Robinson,

5 - Childress, J. C., 2 Feb 1872-20 Aug 1896, present at disinterment ... sister, Mrs. Nancy Robinson,

6 - Childress, Wm., -14 Jan 1839, age or birth not listed VA PVT WHITE CO N. C. TROOPS REV. WAR present at disinterment ... niece, Mrs. Nancy Robinson,

7 - Robinson, Charity, 1851-1882, no one listed present at disinterment,

8 - Goff, Nancy, 12 Apr 1829-10 Jun 1904, present at disinterment ... granddaughter, Mrs. Nancy Robinson,

9 - Green, H. A., 1865-1912, present at disinterment ... wife, Mrs. Nancy Robinson

LITTLE INFORMATION FOR the Seroone/Charoon FOUND
Charity was part Cherokee.
She married William Childress Jul 28, 1784 in Buckingham County, Virginia. Family historians have stated that
"Charity was so small, she could fit in a teacup!"
She applied for widows benefits in 1844 and was declined because proof of marriage was never proven.
Charity lived about five years after the death of her husband.

Genealogical Records

of Buckingham County, Virginia

By Edythe Johns Rucker Whitley

Owing to the total destruction of the county courthouse in 1869, few records of Buckingham County, Virginia survive. From documents in the Virginia State Library and the University of Virginia's Alderman Library, and from materials still in private hands, the compiler of this book has amassed a genealogical record of the county--not continuous and complete, since that would be impossible, but a rich selection of the kind of materials that would have been in the old courthouse. Highlighting the work is a collection of family sketches.

Buckingham County was formed in 1762, and very few records exist. The record below was found in an adjoining county - Prince Edward County.

The 1764 tax list found was titled "A List Of All The Tithes, Land, and Wheel-Carriages in Buckingham County for the year Anno 1764."

In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Virginia, the term “tithable” referred to a person who paid (or for whom someone else paid) one of the taxes imposed by the General Assembly for the support of civil government in the colony.

It went on to give the following information about the entries: "The names in parentheses following some of the names are probably those of slaves. Following each name are three numbers: the first is the number of tithes in the household; second is number of aces; and the third stands for the number of wheel carriages.

An Anthony Charoon is on the list on page 4.

Could this be Charity's Father / Family Member?

This is the entry - Anthony Charoon (Charles, Hana); 3; 679; 0

On December 11, 2013, the Library of Virginia featured a rare Buckingham County document on their blog, Out of the Box: NEW IMAGES ADDED TO LOST RECORDS DIGITAL COLLECTION

Now, in addition to finding various Buckingham County wills digitalized at the Library of Virginia’s “Lost Records Localities Digital Collection,” anyone can access images of the original Buckingham County Tithable List, A-G, 1764.

How did the fragment of Buckingham’s 1764 tithable list happen to survive?

In 1869, these two precious pages were not in the Buckingham Courthouse when it burned to the ground and were discovered in the Prince Edward County Courthouse. From 1789 to 1809, Prince Edward County served as the district court for several counties including Buckingham. There both civil and criminal suits originating in Buckingham County were appealed. The tithable may have been an exhibit in a Buckingham County suit, though according to Library of Virginia archivists, “no style of suit or exhibit number is found on the document.”

. CHILDREN

Susannah Childress

(My 3rd Great Grandmother)(1869-1786)

Hiram Childress (1800-1880)

In 1880 Hiram lived in District 14, Falling Water River Area of DeKalb County, Tennessee.

I have on-going research concerning two other children.

This ancestral line continues today…

and tomorrow….

and the day after that…

you get the picture...

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER

THOMAS JONES JR

3RD GREAT GRAND UNCLE

(BROTHER TO MY 3RD GREAT GRANDMOTHER - Mary Jane Jones Gracey)

There is really nothing interesting or entertaining that I have
to share about Thomas Jones Jr (other than he was my
3rd Great Grandmother's brother).

But I thought it fascinating that he was
Born on July 4 and died on December 25.

Thomas Jones JR (July 4, 1811 - Dec. 25, 1895)

is your 3rd great grand uncle

Zachariah Jones (1782 - 1835)

father of Thomas Jones Jr

Mary Jane Jones (1804 - 1834) - MY 3RD GREAT GRANDMOTHER

daughter of Zachariah Jones

John Simpson Gracy (1827 - 1889)

son of Mary Jane Jones

Louisiana Ann Gracy (1856 - 1928)

daughter of John Simpson Gracy

William Luther Allison (1876 - 1964)

son of Louisiana Ann Gracy

Ernest Haywood Allison (1921 - 2000)

son of William Luther Allison

Anna Faye Allison - BURGESS

Thomas was born in White County, Tennessee. According to an old book in the Putnam County Tennessee Library titled

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN (about 45 pages), he is buried in the Jones Family Cemetery in White County, Tennessee.

The book also contained the picture of Thomas.

I have not been able to find a 'Jones Family Cemetery, but I did find one document that said it was on the 'Old Griffin Farm' in White County, Tennessee.

Then, one thing lead to another, and I happened upon information about Hutchings College (White County) which opened in 1887 to 1923.

Is the cemetery in the vicinity of this college? I think so.
I plan to visit this area in a few days.

As mentioned above, one thing always leads to another.
I had never even heard of Hutchings College!

About Hutchings College...

In a book published in 1905 - Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and genealogical, with Portraits, Vol. 1 - Judge John Allison, Editor (the is a free google ebook) it states that "Hutchings College is today one of the leading educational institutions in the state, having a department for young men, a department for young ladies, a man hall, etc., the building being worth several thousand dollars."

There are line drawings of the former Hutchings College and house of its founder in the Tennessee Tech University's Angelo and Jeanette Volpe Library. The drawings, made by Betsy Fox, will be preserved in the TTU Library's archives. The college, which opened in the early 20th century in the western White County community of Cassville (see map below), closed in 1923 but boarded between 75 and 125 students a year during its existence.

Mercy, did I ever mess this post up!
But I have a feeling it was meant for me to mess it up by finding the ebook and information about the college. I feel quite certain that the grave site of Thomas Jones Jr. is in this area.
Could I be completely wrong about that? Of course.
It doesn't matter at all because I love being lead down
'a different road'… even if it appears that I have digressed.
When in reality, I didn't digress at all -
it was meant to be this way.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

'CROWN OF TANNASEE' ~ Made From Opossum Tails, Scalps From Enemies, and Five Eagles' Tails

Chief Attakullakulla

6th Great Grandfather

Birth: 1708 in Overhill Settlements, Monroe, Tennessee

Death: May 1777 in Nacheztown, North Carolina Now Tennessee

Chief Attakullakulla (1708 - 1777)

6th great grandfather

Cheucunsene Kunmesee Dragging Canoe Canoe (1734 - 1792)

son of Chief Attakullakulla

Sarah Herrin Cherokee Native American (1765 - 1820)

daughter of Cheucunsene Kunmesee Dragging Canoe Canoe

Gabriel Herren (1811 - 1901)

son of Sarah Herrin Cherokee Native American

Abigail Herrin (1835 - 1920)

daughter of Gabriel Herren

Green Berrie F Herrin (1877 - 1939)

son of Abigail Herrin

Fannie Pearl Herron (1906 - 1993)

daughter of Green Berrie F Herrin

Lorene Ashburn (1924 - 2003)

daughter of Fannie Pearl Herron

Anna Faye Allison

Chief Attakullakulla (son of White Owl Raven and Nancy Moytoy) was born in 1708 in Overhill Settlements, Monroe, Tennessee. He married Nione Ollie (NayO nay) Ollie Nionee OCONASTOTA of the Paint Clan (a cousin), Overhills, Great Tellico, Tennessee.

Nione was 1/2 Shawnee-Cherokee-Creek daughter of

Oconostota Groundhogsausage (oh, my) and Unknown PAINTCLAN/Woman Clan. Attakullakulla died May 1777-1780 in Nacheztown, North Carolina - Now Tennessee.

Non-Cemetery Burial

Attakullakulla was originally Miskwakihha Indian, one of the divisions of the Algonquin Nipising Indians. He had been captured as an infant and then adopted into the Cherokee Tribe. This account was given by Turtle At Home, his son in 1809 to Maj. John Norton.

He was brought up as the son of a chief and the expectations were high for the young boy, but, as with most Native American tribes, any tribal position he gained would have to be earned on his own. Ookoonaka was his given name at birth. He grew to be a respected member of the tribe and the name Attakullakulla, which is said to mean "leaning wood" in Cherokee, became the name the young warrior used to identify himself.

He studied Cherokee government and trained as a warrior learning tactics and the

arts of the bow, spear, knife, and blowgun. The skills came easily to him and his

presence of mind during battle was highly regarded among his tribe. In addition, he was

taught a trade and, while still young, developed a great ability as a woodworker and

house builder - a career that earned him a reputation as one of the best carpenters in the

Cherokee Nation.

As an adult he became well-known for skills at oratory, diplomacy, and negotiation.

In 1730, Attakullakulla was among the Cherokee leaders who were taken to England to meet with King George. Upon meeting King George, the Cherokee presented him with a number of gifts, including the 'Crown of Tannasee' (a crown made from opossum tails,

scalps from their enemies, and five eagles' tails.

Some English newspapers described him as probably in his twenties

and of remarkable small stature, slender and delicate frame.

In 1755, the governor of Carolina called for a meeting with the Cherokee for the purpose of conceding a treaty of peace between the Cherokee and the Creek. The group (506 chiefs, headmen, and warriors) met in Sauda near the present-day Greenville, South Carolina. Attakullakulla stood before the group with a bow in one hand and a sheaf of arrows in the other and acted as the principal spokesperson for the Cherokee Nation. The English accounts of the meeting describe Attakullakulla as having "the dignity and graceful action of a Roman or Grecian orator, and with all their ease and eloquence."

At the meeting Attakullakulla presented a child to the governor saying: "I have brought this

child that when he grows up he may remember our agreement this day and tell it to the next generation that it may be known forever." Attakullakulla also asked that the proceedings of the meeting be written down so that it could be kept forever. In this way, he acknowledged both the Cherokee oral

tradition and the English practice of writing.

Attakullakulla died around 1780 (about 80 years old) and the leaderships

of the Cherokee passed to the younger generation including

Dragging Canoe (Attakullakulla's son) and Bloody Fellow.

Most of the modern American History books

say Attakullakulla fought with the Americans in

the American Revolution. His son, Dragging Canoe fought on the side of the British, with the

Chickamagua Cherokees.

"His voice was influential, and often dominate, in the councils of the Cherokee

Nation for nearly 50 years." Journal of Cherokee Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 1978.

Some say that he was the Brother of Tame Doe (mother of Nancy Ward.)

MY FAMILY ROADSHOW

Sunday, June 29, 2014

LARGE, TALL, RAW-BONED MEN - Physically and Mentally Strong

Monday, June 23, 2014

QUAKERS ~ SEED & LIGHT

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

"SIZE OF A TEACUP"

Genealogical Records

of Buckingham County, Virginia

Susannah Childress

(My 3rd Great Grandmother)(1869-1786)

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

'CROWN OF TANNASEE' ~ Made From Opossum Tails, Scalps From Enemies, and Five Eagles' Tails

Chief Attakullakulla

FINALITY - BATESVILLE CASKET CRANK

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