Category: Williamson Family
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Aunt Jo
I love the way social networks allow those interested in gathering accurate records and stories of the past to share information and photographs. A distant relative I did not know previously, Joe Reid, emailed me last week, and we have been exchanging stories and information ever since. His grandmother, Jo Stella Williamson Reid (1896-1993) and…
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More Old Photos
Front row: Jess Williams (my father’s brother), Bobby Williams (my father), Whit Smith, Billy CastellawSecond row: Frank Reid, Bobby Castellaw, Joe Christmas, J. C. CastellawBack row: Lyle Reid / I received some great photos this week from one of my Haywood County cousins, Roland Reid. I love it when I get photos like this. It…
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Solomon Norman Brantley, Sincerely Yours in Peace
Photo: My third great-grandfather, Henry Day Brantley, (1845-1918) The country is currently marking the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the The Civil War. A few nights ago, I was flipping through channels and stumbled across Ken Burns’ documentary “The Civil War” on PBS. It caught my attention because I recently discovered Solomon Norman Brantley’s…
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Davy Crockett at SWSW
I had some really good times while at SXSW last week talking about Elvis.com. One of the best happened because on my way to the airport to return to Tennessee, I couldn’t resist stopping at the Texas State Capitol. I was hundreds of miles from home and did not expect to run into anyone from…
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The Cemetery at Providence
I had just read on my BlackBerry that a couple of escaped convicts were being chased by police through Madison County, Tennessee. The news caught my attention because I had just been researching my grandfather’s maternal line, the Williamsons, who settled in Madison County near the Haywood County line and helped shape the rural community…