Fun at the Archives

After two trips to the Tennessee State Archives in Nashville, I've been able to fill in several dates and places and people from the pile of birth, marriage & death records, obituaries, deeds and military documents. Still no idea where either James Gambell or William Murley are buried, but I've got both of their Civil War service records and the Widow's pensions of their wives.

I've been contacted by cousins from both the Murley/Ervin and the Smith/Minton lines.