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Fall Creek Falls

VAN BUREN and SURROUNDING COUNTIES 1895

Check out the Van Buren County Historical Society pages for the 1930 Census Book.

February 11, 2008 Dear Cummings Cousins,         This morning when I sat down to write my check to the Farm Bureau the message came to me that I need to work on staying focused. Either that, or I received a subtle reminder from some gentle spirit that I am behind schedule with several tasks. The date that I absent-mindedly wrote on the check was Feb. 11, 1762. I immediately caught the error, experienced cold chills, and realized why I made the error. Today is Joseph Cummings' birthday. Happy 246th, GGG Grandpappy Joseph! Two cups of strong coffee and a reality check later I got Farm Bureau paid and all was back to normal - whatever that is.         The 2008 annual reunion of the Joseph Cummings Society will be the weekend of June 21. The location will be the old Burritt College Building in Spencer, Tennessee.         All folks who are in any way related to, or interested in the family of Revolutionary War Veteran and Tennessee Pioneer Joseph Cummings and/or his wife Rosannah Medley are encouraged to attend this reunion. It is an event dealing with history, genealogy, and fellowship, and is fun. With some possible exceptions during the World War II years, the 'Cummings Reunion' has been held annually since 1938 (or was it 1937?)         The doors will open at 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning, June 21, and will remain open as long as anyone cares to stay and chat about ancestors. Bring a covered dish to share with your cousins. Also bring your old photographs, family tree information, lap-top computer, copies of land grants, military records, and any other relics that you feel will be of interest for 'show and tell.'         We will be updating the keepsake 'Cummings Relics' CD and will have it available. [We ask a $20 donation to the Joseph Cummings Society for the updated CD, and we will be honored if you make lots of copies and give them to your family members.] Ours is a non-profit organization. Any proceeds from donations we receive are used for things like rental of the meeting place, paper plates, napkins, plastic forks, ...and, when your correspondent can get around to putting a newsletter together ... copies, stamps, envelopes, mailing labels, etc.         If you plan to stay a few days and check out the scenery and landmarks you might want to make reservations now. There are good motels in nearby towns Cookeville, McMinnville, and Sparta. There are cabins to rent at Rock Island State Park, and good lodging and dining at Fall Creek Falls State Park.         Also, as a matter of interest, I have accumulated as good bit of information on our Malachi Cummings (1791-1868) -who spent most of his life in Lawrence County, Indiana- ...with the intent of doing a feature on him in the newsletter. I surely would like to have a few more facts about what he was doing for those fifty-odd years that he was living in Lawrence County, but haven't yet made it up to Indiana to prowl through the Lawrence County public records. Has anybody checked to see if he was active in politics, ever appeared in court, or did anything else to draw attention to himself? If you have information on this Malachi (sometimes written 'Malachier'), please contact me.         I look forward to seeing you the weekend of June 21 in Spencer, Tennessee. Please reply by e-mail or give me a call if you have any questions. Regards, Hoyte Cook Correspondent, The Joseph Cummings Society 15824 Fairfield Drive Matthews, North Carolina 28104 cookengr@earthlink.net Telephone: 704-882-2304

	KIN FOLK PAGES Send your Van Buren County related family pages to include here.  Descendants of   William Bouldin Descendants of  Dibrells of White County      Includes Holders, Moores, Dentons and others. Descendants of  The Crain Family Descendants of  William Creeley Descendants of  Malachi Cummings More descendants Malachi Cummings Descendants of James Davis [Not working at present time.] Descendants of  Richard Denton More descendants Richard Denton More descendants Richard Denton Descendants of  Benjamin Drake Descendants of  Samuel Galloway Descendants of  Moses Goddard Descendants of  Toliver Grissom Descendants of  Edward Cyrus Moore Haston Descendants of  Daniel Haston Descendants of  James Hillis Descendants of  Josiah Hodges [Not working at present time.] Descendants of  James Hunter Descendants of  Thomas Martin Descendants of  John McGee Descendants of  Charles Paine, Sr. Descendants of  Major Passons Descendants of  Peter Sparkman Descendants of  William Sparkman More descendants William Sparkman Descendants of Micajah Walker Descendants of Thomas Yates

 

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