tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post3917293279722925918..comments2024-03-21T07:58:02.168-05:00Comments on Amateur Mormon Historian: Where is Dresdon Tennessee?Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-10229773051679247952011-04-11T13:28:40.597-05:002011-04-11T13:28:40.597-05:00Oh well. Thanks for the update.Oh well. Thanks for the update.Last Lemmingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-76872112820003471352011-04-10T19:04:20.378-05:002011-04-10T19:04:20.378-05:00I spent a couple of hours at the archives last wee...I spent a couple of hours at the archives last week. I showed my copy of William's journal to the archivists. One said <i>"A Mormon Missionary in Tennessee? He must have been lost."</i><br /><br />To make a long story short they thought Dresdon must have been a very small community named after its first settler. Perhaps there might be descendents with the same or similar name<br /><br />We did find a Jesse Berry (William's father's name) who owned land in 1825 and 1830 on Round Lick Creek, the headwaters of which are in the right spot.<br /><br />The oldest map of Wilson County they had was from 1907. No Dresdon on it.<br /><br />According to state records, the only community covered by the creation of Percy Priest Lake was the town of Old Jefferson.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-1338985213111120992011-04-10T18:24:12.916-05:002011-04-10T18:24:12.916-05:00Nate, I think every family tree might benefit from...Nate, I think every family tree might benefit from a little closer inspection. OUr tools are so much better today than they once were.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-51056049373562159622011-04-05T09:08:42.442-05:002011-04-05T09:08:42.442-05:00Great post. Our traditional family matriarch, Cath...Great post. Our traditional family matriarch, Catherine Ellen Camp Greer, was from Dresden. <br /><br />We've always assumed it was "DresdEN" from writings but perhaps deserves a closer look.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07629893486412352937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-63791515323465744562011-04-05T09:07:19.138-05:002011-04-05T09:07:19.138-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07629893486412352937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-25896763485121394542011-03-28T19:21:20.844-05:002011-03-28T19:21:20.844-05:00Justin, that might be our man. Perhaps I can track...Justin, that might be our man. Perhaps I can track a census map to his house and from there see if other inhabitants feel they were from Dresdon too.Bruce Crownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-62592706967951445802011-03-28T19:18:13.021-05:002011-03-28T19:18:13.021-05:00Amy, I had hoped you would comment knowing that yo...Amy, I had hoped you would comment knowing that you have done similar tracking for John Morgan.<br /><br />Sadly I do not have the original, only a poorly transcribed typed copy from the Church History Library. I'm not sure the CHL even has the original.<br /><br />I haven't found the right historical map, but I have been able to plot his progress. He did about 3-5 miles a day with lots of visiting. But he also back tracked frequently. Weakley County is 150 miles away, where as the place LL spoke of is only 22 miles away.Bruce Crownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-44073725668634350052011-03-28T16:59:41.270-05:002011-03-28T16:59:41.270-05:00FWIW, I found an "Elijah Thompson" livin...FWIW, I found an "Elijah Thompson" living in Wilson County in the 1870census and an "Elija Thompson" living in Wilson County in the 1880census.Justinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-21041329593113489952011-03-28T10:12:55.044-05:002011-03-28T10:12:55.044-05:00First question: are you working from a diary types...First question: are you working from a diary typescript or a copy of the original? Typescripts can be unreliable.<br /><br />Second, do you have a historical map of Wilson County? Have you plotted his travels on the map? Calculated how far he could travel in a day? I'm trying to remember the distances mentioned in Wilford Woodruff's diaries, and it seems like he would travel up to 30 miles a day by foot. But I would have to check that. How far is Weakly County from Wilson County? How far is the location that Last Lemming mentions?<br /><br />Third, I've seen an English ancestor list her birthplace as the crossroads where she was born.<br /><br />Fourth, this county history from 1886 lists a Thompson but not a Berry, Shanks, or Belt, and mentions Lebanon and Shop Springs but not Dresdon or Dresden:<br /><br />http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwcogs/docs/goodsp01.html<br /><br />Well, that's probably enough random thoughts and questions!<br /><br />Actually, one more note. I just looked at a history of Davidson County on Ancestry since Last Lemming mentioned that location, and it has 42 references to Berrys.<br /><br />Good luck!Amy Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037263182287268748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-63481215826991378622011-03-28T09:45:52.068-05:002011-03-28T09:45:52.068-05:00Mmmmm. I hadn't thought of that. There are sev...Mmmmm. I hadn't thought of that. There are several reservoirs built by the TVA in the early part of the 20th century. I think the communities they flooded were documented too. I'll see what I can find. ThanksBrucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-7063960617899838362011-03-28T09:33:39.533-05:002011-03-28T09:33:39.533-05:00This is a long shot, but I found a Dresden Court i...This is a long shot, but I found a Dresden Court in Davidson County, not far from the Wilson County line. At that point, the county line runs through the middle of J. Percy Priest Reservoir, so it occurred to me that perhaps Dresdon is now under water. This is all 22 miles west of Shop Springs, however, which seems a long way off.<br /><br />Incidentally, I have a Dresden, Tennessee connection. My g-g-g-grandfather married a woman (from whom I am not descended) who was born in Dresden, Weakly County.Last Lemmingnoreply@blogger.com