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Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours > General
This work consists of transcriptions from microfilmed copies of the
Williamson County, Tennessee Will Books for the period 1800-1861.
There are approximately 2,400 entries, and each entry includes the
name of deceased, where to find the information, and the year of
probate or administration. Softcover, (1989), repr. 2011,
alphabetical, 53 pp.
The marriages contained in this work were transcribed from
microfilmed copies of the original county record books of Tipton
County, Tennessee. There are approximately 3,000 marriages
recorded, or approximately 6,000 individual names, arranged
alphabetically by groom surname, with a Brides Index. Each entry
contains the names of bride, groom and the date the license was
issued and/or the date the marriage was solemnized.
Volume 3, Part B, republishes Donna Holt Siemiatkoski's work on the
sixth-generation descendants of Gov. Thomas and Alice (Tomes)
Welles. It extracts this generation's treatment from her Research
Papers previously published for the Welles Family Association in
1995, 1996, and 1997, using the status of the manuscripts in 2001.
These extracts are published as a service to genealogical
researchers, so that the records held by the Welles Family
Association are more readily available. Numbering of individuals
has been updated to synchronize with Volume 2. Welles descendants
were farmers, governors, senators, bishops, manufacturers, members
of the French court, generals, sea captains, and other leaders in
eighteenth and nineteenth century America. Family names found here
include Wells, Welles, Bidwell, Curtiss, Hale, Hawley, Judson,
Robbins, Shelton, Stoddard, Thompson, and Wolcott.
This book tells the engaging story of when our surnames first came
into use, why they were necessary and how people acquired them. At
some point we all consider our surnames - many of us will wonder
about the stories behind them, especially if they are unusual.
Those of us with British surnames possess that magic thread which
leads back nearly a thousand years to a time when surnames were a
new idea on this side of the English Channel. There have been many
books with surnames as their theme: dictionaries of surnames, books
about unusual surnames, heraldry, researching family history and so
forth, but there are few books which look at British history solely
through surnames. Although the origins of the majority of British
surnames lie in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, the author
shows that the near-Continent, especially France, has contributed
its share too. The author has provided accounts of over 2000 of our
surnames. Within this book the reader will find the answers to many
questions about our surnames and will perhaps encourage its reader
to pursue the study further. CONTENTS: What are Surnames and how
old are they? - Surnames from Occupations - Surnames from Places -
Surnames from Local Features - Surnames from Relationships -
Surnames from Words of Affection - Surnames from Nicknames -
Surnames from Personal Names - Postscipt - References - General
index - Index of surnames.
Substitute for the lost 1810 Tennessee Census, abstracted from a
wide range of records from 1809-1811. Many entries include extra
information about women, children, free blacks/slaves. Cites name,
county and original source record, and any notes. 33,000 Long-Lost
Records from Tax Lists, Court Minutes, Church Records, Wills,
Deeds, and Other Sources.
This is the story of the ancestors of Charles E. Roseberry and
Betty Jean Keister. Charles Roseberry's parents were Charles Wesley
Roseberry and Elizabeth Clancy Sutton of Radford, Virginia. Charles
Wesley Roseberry was born in Newbern in Pulaski County, VA and his
ancestors were from there going back to 1872 when his grandfather,
Samuel Roseberry, moved from Carroll County, VA. The Sutton family
was also from Pulaski County, VA. Elizabeth's great-grandfather,
John C. Sutton was born in Montgomery County, VA in the part that
would later become Pulaski County. Betty Jean Keister's
grandparents were Walter Henderson Keister and Ida May Foster of
Radford, Virginia. Walter was born in Montgomery County, VA where
his ancestors had lived since 1800. The Foster family was from
Prince William County, VA but Ida May's line had lived in Monroe
County, VA since before 1795 when it was Greenbrier County, VA.
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