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| Sammy Boyd (#46912507)
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Hi, I was born and grew up in Pikeville, Bledsoe County, TN. Since I began researching my family tree in 2007, I have learned many things about thousands of relatives that I had never known about.
I know there are many people who are, or soon will be, searching for their roots as well. I hope the information that I place on this website will assist them in locating a long-lost relative such as the 6th cousin once removed that I found in Texas through other research sources. He and I have gotten to know each other quite well, and share a common interest in genealogy. Since then, I'm in communications with newly-found cousins almost every week.
I'm researching the following family lines, as well as MANY OTHER LINES associated with Bledsoe County, Tennessee: Allison, Anderson, Bowman, Boyd, Bradford, Campbell, Clifton, Craig, Green, Hale, Henninger, Holland, Massey, Maxwell, Simmons, Pendergrass, Russell, Seagraves, Skillern, Stipe, Wheeler, and others.
Sammy
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ANCESTORS OF YESTERDAY
Ancestors of so long ago,
I'll search until I find.
Till I can prove and clearly show,
that you are truly mine.
I'll follow behind your trail of tears,
the hidden footprints of time.
Covered and buried throughout the years,
and continue each mountain to climb.
I'll search every faraway seaside shore,
and every valley below.
I'll unlock each and every door,
as my own teardrops flow.
I'll unearth the buried history of you,
and your own ancestral kin,
I'll search for that all important clue,
and open my heart to let you in.
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Dear Ancestor,
Your tombstone stands among the rest:
Neglected and alone,
The name and date are chiseled out -
on polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care,
It is too late to mourn -
You did not know that I exist,
You died and I was born.
Yet, each of us are cells of you:
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse -
entirely not our own.
Dear ancestor, the place you filled,
a hundred years ago -
Spreads out among the ones you left,
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew -
That some day I would find the spot;
And come and visit you?
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Alan & Kim Poore
 | Ike Hale marker photo...
Hi Sammy,
My wife's father's grandparents (James & Della Hale Frazier) are buried in the Hale Cemetery, and we have visited a few times in the past few years. I happened to notice you had a request for a photo of Ike Hale's marker, and we happened to have taken one when we were up there in January of this year. Good to make your acquaintance, and to meet another of Kim's cousins.
Thanks for all you do on Find a Grave, and God bless you & yours,
Alan & Kim Poore
Spartanburg, SC | | | bdsmith
| RE: Pendergrass Cemetery in Bledsoe, TN
Sammy,
Thanks for your reply. Sorry to say we are not related; I think you'd be a very nice relative! :) But the Pendergrasses are the family of my son's in-laws, and I'm interested in them because they're my grandchildren's ancestors - but not mine.
Regards,
BarbaraAdded by bdsmith on Apr 28, 2013 8:01 PM | | | Michelle Davis
 | RE: Martha Emily Lee photo request
Sammy,
Your welcome. I tried to add the other stone also. The one just with the Lee name on it that I put on Addies memorial, but it only let me add 1 pic for Emily.
Regards
Michelle | | | Michelle Davis
| RE: Nancy Adaline
Your very welcome
Regards
Michelle | | | bdsmith
| RE: Pendergrass Cemetery in Bledsoe, TN
Thank you, I appreciate it!
I noticed you posted some photos on FindAGrave of some Pendergrass family members; would you happen to have any of William "Warney" Pendergrass and his wife Rebecca Simmons; or their son Erasmus "Ras" Pendergrass and his wife Florence Colvard; or their son Edward Pendergrass and his wife Maud Claspell?
Can you tell me who wrote the poems on your page? the second one in particular almost brought me to tears, and I don't cry easily!
Thank you again for permission to use your headstone images.
Barbara D. SmithAdded by bdsmith on Apr 27, 2013 5:47 PM | | | bdsmith
| Pendergrass Cemetery in Bledsoe, TN
Mr. Boyd,
Do you mind if I copy some of your photos of headstones and pictures you've posted of the Pendergrass family, and add them to my tree on Ancestry.com? I will be sure to credit you.
Thank you,
Barbara D. SmithAdded by bdsmith on Apr 26, 2013 11:25 PM | | | Jesse McWhirter
 | Dennie Marlin Dunlap
Find A Grave Memorial# 52801524
Sammy can you tell me anything about his father William Riley Dunlap?
Jesse McWhirter | | | Jesse McWhirter
| Dennie Marlin Dunlap
Find A Grave Memorial# 52801524
Sammy can you tell me anything about his father William Riley Dunlap?
Jesse McWhirter | | | Joyce Jarvis
 | RE: Mary E Jones Brimberry
Thanks Sammy. I don't believe the name Steven is right because that name never appears in the descendants of Thomas Jones. We believe his first name is William but have not been able to find a document to prove that, so for now we keep it just Thomas Jones which does appear on documents. Thanks for all your work on Find A Grave. Joyce | | | Joyce Jarvis
| Mary E Jones Brimberry
Hi Sammy,
Mary's father, Thomas Jones, is my 3g-grandfather. I have never seen any other name than Thomas for him. Would you share the source of your information? Also, do you know if any pictures exist of Mary E or Samuel?
Thanks,
Joyce Jones Jarvis (also a Find A Grave contributor)
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