A trip back in time
In September of 2001 I took my first genealogy research trip to Tennessee. Two distant Ownby cousins and I planned to spend at least 10 days touring the area and researching in courthouses. And we did. We met up with other distant cousins and spent time in the towns and ate way too much country cooking. We based ourselves in Murfreesboro, Cannon County. We were actually researching several families but that's another story for another book. Along the way we were directed to property that belonged to Eli Craig Ownby and some that is still in family hands. Tobacco drying shed on land still in possession by an Ownby descendant. The creek featured in A Twist of Tobacco . Of course yours truly (on the right) had to wade in the creek like a little girl. After all Queen was my great Aunt. View from the road where Eli and the children lived after the war. I'm afraid this chapter of my r...