Blount County, Tennessee County Court Minutes Book 2 1814-1817 is a book that I recently added to my personal collection. I briefly consulted it while researching in the McClung Collection in Knoxville a few weeks ago, but quickly realized that I would be better off buying the book than trying to make copies. Robert Kendrick, my fourth great-grandfather, […]
The Marriage of Andrew Baxter and Mary Lowery
James Baxter Married Elisabeth Lowery – Treasure Chest Thursday
Pedigree Analysis: Start With What You Know
I’m sure we’ve all heard it said that, in genealogy, you should start with what you know and work from there. In The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy, Greenwood argues that we “must have a name, a date (at least a period of time), and a reasonably specific place or locality” in order to do […]
On this date. . .the 4th of January
Births Sarah (Lillard) O’Neal was born in 1833 in Polk County, Tennessee. Isaac N. Stuart was born in 1880. Deaths Pernelia (Jarrett) Whiteside died in 1864 in Randolph County, Arkansas. Martha Jane (Butler) Ward died in 1909 in Bartow County, Georgia. Marriages Andrew Dave Baxter and Mary Lowery were married in 1849 in Murray County, […]
Surname Saturday: Baxter
This week’s Surname Saturday post focuses on the Baxters, one of my major brick walls, as regular readers will know. The line starts with my great-great-grandmother, Barbara Baxter. Barbara is the little old lady, front and center, in the collage (click on image to view a larger version). Barbara was born February 1854, possibly in […]
Barbara Baxter Kendrick: Analysis of a Death Certificate
The Baxters are one of my major brick walls, as regular readers will know. Barbara Baxter was my great-great-grandmother; for a long time, she was the only Baxter I knew about. I recently discovered her father’s name, but I haven’t been able to go much further. A few months ago, I obtained Barbara’s death certificate, […]
Monday Madness: Chipping Away at the Baxters, part 2
If you missed Part 1 of “Chipping Away at the Baxter Brick Wall,” you can read it here. To recap, I’ve been searching for the parents of my great-great-grandmother, Barbara Baxter, for several years to no avail. I’ve looked in local history books, browsed many, many census records, and done more Google searches than I […]
Monday Madness: Chipping Away at the Baxter Brick Wall
I’ve written before about my Baxter brick wall. Barbara E. (or possibly A.) Baxter is my great-great-grandmother and the wife of Francis Marion Kendrick. She probably was born in 18541 and died March 5, 1939.2 She and F. M. were married April 16, 1871. For a long time, all that I knew about Barbara, other […]