Click to Enlarge Tuscarora Indian with daughterPhoto from The Onondaga Portraitsby Toba Tucker John Yelverton, my seventh great grandfather, joined the colonial settlers in what would become Bertie County, North Carolina in 1703 when he was in his early 20s.
Granny’s Haywood County Folk Art Gallery
click to enlarge Welcome Growing up I spent a lot of time at my grandparent’s house in Haywood County, TN. Both Lloyd “Bo” and Elizabeth Castellaw Williams, or “Daddy Bo and Granny” as we called them, had been born and
iCarly, Shirley Temple, and Bill Idelson
Kideratzi Waiting to get a shot of celebs. The casts of the Nickelodeon TV shows “iCarly” and “Victorious” were at my place of employment today and it was really fascinating to watch kid’s response to seeing celebrities. No doubt the
Three Interesting Things About my Mom
Since it’s Mother’s Day and I have a great mom, I thought I would share three interesting things about my mother, Shirley Lovelace Williams. My Mom as a little girl soon to be disappointedby missing a trip to Memphis Interesting
Snubbed by the Royal Family
All this coverage for the upcoming wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton got me curious about my Marbury ancestors who I knew had some “royal blood” in their ancestry line. Could I actually be related to “Wilkate, their royal
Lovelaces are P. to P. Winners in Tennessee
Click to enlarge It’s planting time here in Midtown Memphis. My farm is about 9’ x 3′ and last weekend Alex, Olivia and I got the zinnias and the sunflowers planted. Anytime I work in the dirt, I start thinking
CVS Killed my Grandma
Midtowners make the best protest signs…although I doubt CVS hurt her grandma. In 1912, a group of Memphis Methodists selected the corner of Cooper and Union Avenue to put their church. It took 11 years but a large sanctuary was
Yours in Peace, S.N. Brantley
Mule Day 2011 For some reason the Civil War keeps popping up everywhere I go. There were lots of people in Civil War garb at Mule Day last weekend, I stole (borrowed) a magazine called “Civil War Times” out of
Heroine in the Struggle for Liberty and Life
Eleanora Harriet Dougan was my third great grandmother. She and her husband Beverly Williamson were among the earliest settlers in the area of Providence Methodist Church on the Haywood and Madison County border. “Ellen,” which she was listed as in
Compensation for the Many Cares of Life
“Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life” Voltair Providence Methodist Church and Cemetery in Madison County, TN I just read on my blackberry that a