Here is a collection of transcriptions of primary documents and sources.

Index to Constable's Receipts

As there are a great many names included in the receipts, I have indexed them to aid you in your search.

Some 19th Century Constable's Receipts

David V. James, was a constable of Center District, Gilmer Co., from the mid- to late- 1800's. Among the possessions he left behind was a trunk full of his receipts, which were given to me. While these old documents are not as "vital" to genealogy as birth, marriage, death or land records, there IS a great deal of interesting information in them. The kind of information that can make one's ancestors seem more human and "real". You might say it's a "silver mine" of information!

A note about the transcriptions: many of these receipts were written in pencil, and often on what might be called "scrap" paper. I have done my best to render them exactly as they were written, resisting the urge to edit. So if you notice misspellings, poor grammar, etc., as you no doubt will, please understand that it is as exact a copy of the original as I could make it. My editorial comments are enclosed in brackets.

Another (brief) note: These receipts were all folded, and often there were notes on the outside of the folded paper. When this was the case, I transcribed the outside note first, and tried to leave several spaces between the outer and inner contents. I hope this is clear as you read...

Some Tax Receipts for the Years 1871 and 1872

Here are a few tax receipts that were in David James' possession, as it seems they were overdue, and it was his duty to collect on them. Each name was on a separate form, and I have alphabetized them by surname, within each year.

Cemetaries

Here are some local cemetaries. More will be added as I have time. The locations of the cemetaries are on their respective pages, and the links below list the surnames which could be found in each cemetary.

Beall Cemetary- Adams, Alltop, Beall, Carpenter, Helmick, James, King, Reaser, Richardson, Spade, Sumpter, Whisman, Wilmoth

Boggs Cemetary- Boggs, Butler, Chadwell, Huff, James, Minney, Norman, Richardson, Stalnaker, Wright

James' Cemetary- James, Piercy, White, Wilmoth

Kennedy Cemetary- Kennedy, Reaser

Normantown Cemetary- Frame, Huff, Lowe, Norman, Walker, Williams

The Ross Family in Uler Cemetary, Uler, Roane Co.(NEW)- Hyer, Ross

The Ross Family in Zion Baptist Church Cemetary, Roane Co.(NEW)- Ross, Tawney

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