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About 30 years ago my mother Verna Grace Teague Dykes handed me
some rough notes and Bible records that documented the lineage
of the Teague family which had migrated from Western North
Carolina to Eastern Tennessee shortly after the Civil War. In
continuing her research I learned that my Great-Great
Grandfather Logan Columbus Teague had served in three different
regiments During General Sherman's so called "March to the Sea" near the end of the Civil War, courthouses from Virginia to Florida were pillaged and burned. Needless to say, valuable historical records were lost forever. Cemetery stones have become a very important factor in documenting the lives of our Southern Ancestors. In 2006, I began a battle with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, a type of cancer that has been linked to my service in Vietnam and my exposure to Agent Orange. Because my immune system had taken quite a hit during Chemotherepy, I was instructed by my Oncologist to avoid contact with people as much as possible while recovering my health. I decided the best place to avoid people is in a cemetery. While recovering, I was able to document a number of cemeteries in Watauga County, NC and Jefferson County, AL. I placed these transcriptions on another website. I soon discovered that I needed to edit and update these transcriptions. Lord willing, I will continue to document the cemeteries in Jefferson County and elsewhere. I hope you folks enjoy a visit with your ancestors on these pages. The attached photo is of my son Chris and I at the gravesite of his Great-Great-Great Grandfather.
Carl W. Dykes, Trussville, Alabama |
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