J.A. Logan Antique Class Tours Museum

Posted on by April 30, 2015

J.A. Logan antique class

On Thursday afternoon, April 30th, the Williamson County Museum hosted a field trip by a John A. Logan antique class. The class is part of the college’s continuing education program and is taught by Teresa Ewell of Johnston City.

Teresa likes bringing her antique students on trips to the historical society because of the large amount of antiques and objects that can be found in the museum.  The building which is deceptive from the front entrance hides the fact that there are four floors counting the basement and about 26 rooms, most of which have items on display and usually requires about 1 ½ hours to see everything.

Among Teresa Ewell’s students and present on the trip were Sandra Jent, Marlene Schroeder, Peggy Carroll, Jeanne Warren, Dorothy Serbin, Ann McMurphy and Bill Young. Tours were conducted by museum coordinator Sharon Vansaghi and WCHS president Sam Lattuca.

Sanders Family Genealogy Book Now Available

Posted on by April 12, 2015

New Book!

“The Genealogy Record of William Sanders Died 1803

Robertson County, TN:

And Many of His Descendants”

By Charla Schroeder Murphy – 2015

Contents of the book are in the form of a modified register report with extensive notes added for many of the early Sanders family of Robertson County, TN and others. The family of William Sanders born about 1736 and died 1803 arrived in the Robertson County, TN area by 1796 from evidence of deeds recorded there. They came from Camden District, Richland County, South Carolina with many other families of that area such as the Hunters, Moakes, Simmons and several others. Continue reading →

Special Thanks

Posted on by April 5, 2015

We want to give a special THANK YOU to three of our new volunteers who have been helping at the museum. Rhonda  Bean has been indexing a history book and working with county record indexes for us. Scott Pierce has been coming in on Saturdays and providing much needed muscle in moving things around for us. Betty Millard has taken on the task of accumulating Williamson County obituary records to be added to our index at the museum.

An organization can’t survive without volunteers, we can’t thank you guys enough for the service you provide.

Extremely Limited Edition Books Available

Posted on by March 29, 2015

Thanks to a recently received gift from WCHS member, Nora Parker Davis, six volumes of two books bound together and written by Daisy Roberts Malone are now available. These are extremely limited edition and will likely never be reprinted. For anyone who had ancestors living in the Corinth Township area of Williamson County prior to, during and after the Civil War, these books would be invaluable.

These books are titled, “Thy People Shall be My People or Elizabeth Ann and the Roberts Clan.”

The first book contains firsthand memories of Elizabeth Ann Shepherd who was born 1825 in Sangamon County, Illinois and died April 13, 1916 in Magazine, Arkansas and details the Corinth settlement and its people in Williamson County in the early days surrounding the Civil War and her memories continue for many years, including the account of her first husbands demise when he mounted his horse to go hunt deer in 1840 and accidently shot and killed himself with his own weapon. The book also contains an early reading of Zion Cemetery and captures slices of life in Civil War times and after.

The second book is entitled, “Our Families: A Group of Family Trees of the Early Settlers of Corinth Township, Williamson County and Allied Families” and was published in 1939.

This book contains family sketches and charts of the families: Beers, Burns, Caughey, Chadwell, Caplinger, Corder, Duty, Doughty, Dillingham, DeWoody, Hearne, Holland, Johnson, Jones, Malone, McCreery, Mitchell, Moser, Moulton, Pease, Roberts, Shepherd, Stewart, Strike, Swan, Tidwell, Winchester, Worthen, Wright, Ray, Yost and more.

This is a fully indexed two volume, soft bound book set that is encased in a durable hard binder. Since there are only six for sale at the price of $50 (First Class shipping included) anyone interested should express an interest quickly by contacting me through the Contact Us tab on our website. Payment can be made through our PayPal tab or other arrangements can be made.

 

Attention Chamness Descendants

Posted on by March 16, 2015

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Literally thousands of Chamness family descendants might be interested to find out that a book is available called “Celebrating Chamness Roots (from 1750 to Present).”

The book begins with the kidnapping of a young boy off the London Bridge (Anthony Chamness), his indenture time in Maryland to gain his freedom in America, the marriage to the “love of his life,” the birth of their children in Maryland, Virginia, and later Cane Creek, North Carolina.  The book discusses Quaker beginnings and the descendants’ movement to Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Texas and westward.  The book recalls the story of the branch of family, John Chamness and Sally Berry, which was lost for more than a hundred years, its hardships, celebrations and pioneer life.

The book was compiled by former Marion native Sue Grisham Hardwig who now resides in Bloomington, Illinois and is available in a deluxe hardbound edition for $65 plus shipping and handling through the author.

For more information about the book, contact the author by clicking here.