Link to slide show of photos and maps of the tour Day for Touring I took a day off from researching to tour the area and see the places that were mentioned in my dad’s life in Tennessee. The area I drove that day was mountains with rolling, twisting roads and trees everywhere. It was […]
Social Security Application Request I hadn’t been very optimistic when I paid my $27 and sent off a request to the Social Security Administration for a copy of dad’s application for a social security card that had been completed in 1939. Dad was living and working with John Smith at that point and I realized […]
I found a book title The Families of Scott County, Tennessee and was surprised to find more information about Eliza Jane’s family complete with a picture. Eliza Jane is on the far left in the photo. James Michael Honeycutt is in the third paragraph from the bottom.
After wasting twelve weeks and ending up with a rejection letter from the Social Security Administration about revealing the parents listed on dad’s application back in 1939 I went back to trying to track down what had happened to Jane (his mother) online. On a whim I started working on some searches outside of ancestry.com […]
Trip to Tennessee I decided I would have to go to Tennessee if I wanted to find out anything more, so I went there last week where I spent a lot of time at the Campbell County Historical Society. With the help of Trulene Nash, a volunteer at the society, we found more information than […]
I have always wanted to know more about my dad. One of the big things I had always been curious about was where his clearly part Cherokee looks came from and what the original name of the family had been. If I can discover any of this information I would like it to live on […]