Tag: Maury Co. Tennessee

John Montgomery (abt. 1755? – 1825): Lawrence County, Tennessee, and Haywood County, North Carolina, Records

August 12, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “Our very first people who came from Haywood County, N. C.” As I noted in a posting here several weeks back, I’ve been doing research and compiling sets of notes to assist a group of researchers of Montgomery families in the US with roots in Ulster and Scotland to prove lineages that haven’t … More John Montgomery (abt. 1755? – 1825): Lawrence County, Tennessee, and Haywood County, North Carolina, Records

Some Notes on the New FamilySearch AI All-Text Search Tool

August 1, 2025

In my posting here two days ago, I noted that this past April, the quarterly newsletter of the Tuscaloosa County Alabama Genealogical Society published an article I had written discussing the new FamilySearch all-text search tool. The article was entitled “A.I. & Genealogical Research: FamilySearch Full Text” and was published in Roots and Branches 50,2 … More Some Notes on the New FamilySearch AI All-Text Search Tool

Notes about George Montgomery (abt. 1699 – abt. 1758) of Williamsburg, Craven County, South Carolina

June 28, 2025

Or, Subtitled, “We have letters from our friends in Ireland, acquainting us of their desire to come here” As the previous posting states, in recent months, I’ve been doing research to assist researchers of American Montgomery families who are combining DNA findings with traditional genealogical research to try to figure out the back-in-time origins of … More Notes about George Montgomery (abt. 1699 – abt. 1758) of Williamsburg, Craven County, South Carolina

Children of William Lindsey (1760/1770 – 1840) and Rachel Earnest — Cassandra, John, Nicy Malinda

February 6, 2021

Or, Subtitled: Tracking Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Lindseys to Georgia and Points West This posting about the children of William Lindsey (1760/1770 – 1840) and Rachel Earnest of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, is a continuation of a series of postings about this family. The first two postings in this series are here and here. Since William and … More Children of William Lindsey (1760/1770 – 1840) and Rachel Earnest — Cassandra, John, Nicy Malinda

“In Consideration of the Love and Good Will I Have and Do Bear Towards My Sister Telitha Monk”: Daniel Cherry, Strachan and Talitha Cherry Monk, and What Land Records Can Teach Us (2)

May 9, 2018

In my previous posting with this title, I told you I’d continue the story I began with it, which is about how, when I obtained a copy of the 1837 deed in which Daniel Cherry, a brother of my 3-great-grandmother Talitha Cherry Monk (1790-1860), loaned a piece of land to Talitha and her husband Strachan Monk … More “In Consideration of the Love and Good Will I Have and Do Bear Towards My Sister Telitha Monk”: Daniel Cherry, Strachan and Talitha Cherry Monk, and What Land Records Can Teach Us (2)