Ancestry/Genealogy

Can trace the paternal side as far back as an individual in England in the early 1600s.

On the maternal side we can trace directly back into Tennessee and North Carolina in the early 1700s.

Hope to go and personally research old records and documents to push it back further. Did that during a trip to Nashville a few years ago. Among other records, photos, etc, I found a picture of my Great-Great-Great Grandmother from just after the Civil War.

It was an amazing experience. I also found a photo of the barefoot students in front of their one room schoolhouse. In that picture, among the students, was my Grandfather and all of his siblings. He was about 6 at the time.

I've found records showing members of the family fighting on both sides of three wars: the Revolutionary War; the Civil War; and WWII (in the Pacific).

When you start digging it is amazing the stories and pictures you can discover.

(edited to fix spelling errors and add details)