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Hello all,
This is your fearless list owner, I know I haven't been very vocal
lately, but I have recently gone to work full time. I still stay on the
computer, just a little more quitely and more effeciently lately.
First of all, thanks to Dave & Marla. I haven't properly gotten around
to thanking you, but your gift was received and GREATLY appreciated.
I enjoy all the little tid bits that everyone has been passing along. I
had decided to work backwards and start documenting some missing
pieces. Big mistake, LOL. I have already hit a brick wall, and am just
on my grandfather Ab CHOATE. He moved around so much in his lifetime,
that I have been unable to find him in the 1920 census. I know he had
to be in the Gorman, TX area, close to Ranger, TX but cannot show this.
Well, just wanted to let all of you know that I am still here, managing
the list, and keeping an eye on things. Happy researching.
Dianna Choate Blair, List manager
Janet:
Was that "on our record" or "to our credit"? *grin*
Barbara
Janmim(a)aol.com wrote:
> Since we Southern Choates appear to have a number of court cases to our
> record, I thought you'd all like to know about this that was on my VA Bedford
> Co list.
>
> Janet Hunter...I plan to watch
>
> Subj: [VABEDFOR] Hatfields/McCoys on TV
> Date: 8/15/99 4:42:37 PM EST
> From: dignupbonz(a)hotmail.com (Sonya Sharkey)
> To: VABEDFOR-L(a)rootsweb.com
>
> Monday, Aug. 16 at 8PM on the History Channel:
>
> Family Feud The Hatfields and McCoys.
> From the Appalachian hills arose America's most famous family feud,
> which purportedly began in 1878 with the theft of a hog. We sort fact from
> fiction about this feud that landed in the U.S. Supreme Court, and finally
> ended in a legal hanging after an 1889 trial. Historians and descendants
> from both families, now friendly, weigh in. (cc) [TV G]
>
> Happy Dign'
> Sonya in Maine
>
> Researching: In Campbell/Bedford/Franklin Co VA:
> BLANKENSHIP
> MADDOX/MATTOX
> LYNCH
> STINNETT
> In Montgomery/Floyd Co VA:
> BISHOP
> MARTIN
> ROOP
Since we Southern Choates appear to have a number of court cases to our
record, I thought you'd all like to know about this that was on my VA Bedford
Co list.
Janet Hunter...I plan to watch
Subj: [VABEDFOR] Hatfields/McCoys on TV
Date: 8/15/99 4:42:37 PM EST
From: dignupbonz(a)hotmail.com (Sonya Sharkey)
To: VABEDFOR-L(a)rootsweb.com
Monday, Aug. 16 at 8PM on the History Channel:
Family Feud The Hatfields and McCoys.
From the Appalachian hills arose America's most famous family feud,
which purportedly began in 1878 with the theft of a hog. We sort fact from
fiction about this feud that landed in the U.S. Supreme Court, and finally
ended in a legal hanging after an 1889 trial. Historians and descendants
from both families, now friendly, weigh in. (cc) [TV G]
Happy Dign'
Sonya in Maine
Researching: In Campbell/Bedford/Franklin Co VA:
BLANKENSHIP
MADDOX/MATTOX
LYNCH
STINNETT
In Montgomery/Floyd Co VA:
BISHOP
MARTIN
ROOP
*laughing* Thank you.
Janmim(a)aol.com wrote:
> The following appeared on my Dade County Missouri list (where my ggg
> grandfather Powhatan Choate and many of his descendants migrated and are
> buried.). It had been forwarded numerous times from other lists.
>
> Being as how we have discussed the court records of our Southern and Northern
> Choates, I thought you'd all get a kick out of this...as if it were written
> for us!
>
> My best,
>
> Janet Hunter
>
> No footprints on the sands of time
> OR
> Oh,for a court record on gggggggrandpa
>
> It's nice to come from gentle folk
> Who wouldn't stoop to brawl
> Who never took a lusty poke
> At anyone at all.
> Who never raised a raucous shout
> At any country inn
> Or calmed an ugly fellow lout
> With a belaying pin.
> Who never shot a revenuer
> Hunting for the still
> Who never rustled cattle,who're
> Pleased with uncle's will.
> Who lived their lives out as they ought,
> With no uncouth distractions,
> And shunned like leprosy the thought
> Of taking legal action.
> It's nice to come from gentle folk
> Who've never known disgrace,
> But oh,though scandal is no joke
> It's easier to trace!
>
> By Virginia Scott Miner,Saturday Evening Post November 22,1941
> Thought maybe you all could use a laugh and give your minds a rest from
> all your research. I guess if our ancestors were easy to locate it
> would ruin our hobby------Or should I say Obsession?
> Steve
The following appeared on my Dade County Missouri list (where my ggg
grandfather Powhatan Choate and many of his descendants migrated and are
buried.). It had been forwarded numerous times from other lists.
Being as how we have discussed the court records of our Southern and Northern
Choates, I thought you'd all get a kick out of this...as if it were written
for us!
My best,
Janet Hunter
No footprints on the sands of time
OR
Oh,for a court record on gggggggrandpa
It's nice to come from gentle folk
Who wouldn't stoop to brawl
Who never took a lusty poke
At anyone at all.
Who never raised a raucous shout
At any country inn
Or calmed an ugly fellow lout
With a belaying pin.
Who never shot a revenuer
Hunting for the still
Who never rustled cattle,who're
Pleased with uncle's will.
Who lived their lives out as they ought,
With no uncouth distractions,
And shunned like leprosy the thought
Of taking legal action.
It's nice to come from gentle folk
Who've never known disgrace,
But oh,though scandal is no joke
It's easier to trace!
By Virginia Scott Miner,Saturday Evening Post November 22,1941
Thought maybe you all could use a laugh and give your minds a rest from
all your research. I guess if our ancestors were easy to locate it
would ruin our hobby------Or should I say Obsession?
Steve
Hello!
You have been invited by DrChoate to join the Listed
Yahoo! Club named "Choate Family Geneology Club".
To become a member of this club, just go to the
Web address below:
http://edit.clubs.yahoo.com/config/sjg?.k=42437addf29NMerx
DrChoate also sent you a personal message:
"I've been silent in this Choate LIST, but wanted to pass along this Yahoo club."
You need to go to the address above to join the club,
but you can take a look at the club by going to:
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/choatefamilygeneologyclub
You can learn more about DrChoate by
looking at the Yahoo! Public Profile:
http://profiles.yahoo.com/DrChoate
Note: This invitation will expire after 7 days, or after
being used.
A Yahoo! Club is a great way to bring friends, family or
anyone you know together using the latest in Web
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features. You can also create your own free club focused
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Clubs are either listed or unlisted. Listed clubs are
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If you have no interest in joining this club, there is
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Thanks,
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Benjamin C. Choate, b.1815 Va.
Sarah Susanna ? wife b. ? d. Jasper county, Illinois April 1860
Children:
Tabitha Jane Choate, b. 1835 m. Joseph Marion Holt in Jasper co. Ill.
John A. Choate, b 1836 Va. m. Polly Ann Dobbins Marks Union soldier
Henry C. Choate b.1842 d. April 1862 while in the Union Army.
Jacob A Choate, b.1846 in Illinois d. 24April 1899 in Missouri, married 3
times, at the time of his death was married to Harriet Wiles. Jake had
at least 3 children, Alice b. march 1867, Katie b.Nov2, 1876 and Charles O.b.
22may, 1874 d. 1964 in Moniteau co. Mo.
Nancy Ellen Choate, b.1849 in Illinois probably Jasper county
Caroline Choate b. 1852 in Illinois probably Jasper county
I am looking for any information about Nancy Ellen , Caroline, John
A. and Benjamin after 1865. After the death of Susanna, Benjamin disappeared
from Jasper county. Same with John A. after his divorce. Who did the
younger girls marry? Will appreciate any info. Thanks, Ben Moore,
Morefay112(a)aol.com
If anyone has sent a message to sayona(a)telepath.com within the last
hour, I didn't get it. I hear the ping, but the messages are not
there. Something wrong with the filtering system. Please re-send.
Thanks.
Barbara
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnstewar/1840index.htm
INDEX TO 1840 CENSUS OF STEWART COUNTY TENNESSEE
Stewart County was formed on 1803 from Montgomery County; Humphreys
County was formed in 1809 from Stewart County. In 1871 Houston County
was formed out of Stewart, Humphreys, Montgomery and Dickson Counties.
The population of Stewart County in 1840 was 8,587.
Page 340
Richard
Choat
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnstewar/1857ta.htm
Selected Records from the Stewart County Tax List 1852-1866
1855
William Shoat--1wp
Joseph Choalet[?]--126 ac--District 8
1856
W E Shoat--1wp
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnstewar/1827tax.htm
Selected Records from the Stewart Co TN tax list 1827-1851
1837
Richard Choat--1wp--District 6
1838
Richard M Choat--1wp--District 6
1841
Richard Choat--1wp--District 6
1842
R M Choat--1wp--District 6
1847
Richard M Choat--1wp
Now, don't anyone ever say that the people in Tennessee aren't friendly.
*grin*
I had asked if anyone knew a specific deathdate for Rebecca Hawkins
Crockett, and whether or not she actually died in Rutherford, Gibson
Co. TN
I got this response from the "Ask the Guide Nashville"
Jay Bemis
Best Read Guide
725 Broad Street
Augusta, GA 30901
jay(a)groupz.net
- ----------------------------------snip------------------------------------
A curator at the Davy Crockett Cabin in Rutherford says the exact date
of
> death for Rebecca Hawkins Crockett isn't known, but that it was
sometime
> within the year before Crockett left Tennessee for Texas and the
Alamo.
> Crockett left Tennessee in November 1935. His mother's gravestone near
the
> cabin, to which her remains were moved after they were discovered in
an
> abandoned family plot, says simply, "about 1834 or 1835" as her date
of death.
(Obviously a small typo above - not mine! - *smile* that would be Nov..
1835)
- ---------------------------------snip-------------------------------------
> Following is information from a previous issue of Best Read
Guide/Nashville
> (www.bestreadguide.com/nashville/davy.html) concerning the Crockett
cabin
> near Rutherford:
> Tour the last home Crockett lived in before setting off for
> Texas, where he died in the siege at the Alamo. Crockett first
> came to the area in 1822. He cleared land for farming, hunted in the
> Obion River bottoms and served in the Legislature.
> The cabin now sits close to its original site. Original logs,
> together with others from the same time period, and antique household
> items and furniture now re-create the frontiersman's home. The grave
of
> Crockett's Mother, Rebecca Hawkins Crockett, was moved here from a
nearby
field.
> Crockett relatives are in different Rutherford locales.
- ----------------------------------snip----------------------------------
So - unless Monroe lived near these people...or unless the woman was
visiting Monroe, I guess the family story isn't true*grin* Of
course, there is the possibility that some other member of the Crockett
family could have died at Monroe Choate's home and the story just got
embellished a little. I noted somewhere that Davy's wife and kids went
to TX after he died to claim his land.
Oops, I said that Monroe came to Texas in 1822. I was writing to fast . He
was born in 1822, he came to Texas in 1844. Hope this won't confuse any one.
Dawn Collins
Hmm- Another thought then. She could have lived with him in Lawrence Co.,
and been buried in the other one. Of course. How would you know? I wonder
if she left an estate or will? A census would be of no help, unless she was
head of household.
Toffdawn(a)aol.com wrote:
> Hi Barbara,
>
> As far as I know Monroe lived in Lawence Co , Tn , before coming to Texas in
> 1822.
> Thanks for all your delving and the URLs. I will give it some more thought.
>
> Dawn Collins
Hi Barbara,
As far as I know Monroe lived in Lawence Co , Tn , before coming to Texas in
1822.
Thanks for all your delving and the URLs. I will give it some more thought.
Dawn Collins