Welcome to my website. In this forum I will attempt to document my ancestry as best as I can. Having not long been tracing my “roots”, I have many gaps in my tree. Actually I got off to a very good start and found a lot of information on my Great-great-grandfather (William Triggs Gilley) in a short amount of time. Then I hit a brick wall, so to speak. Well that was then and this is now. Now, I have a mess load of ancestors and cousins found on the Internet. Hope you find what you're looking for, if you came for a specific person or Surname. And to the rest of you just look what I have found. I never in my wildest imagination thought I would get this much information on these people of so long past. I still wish I could find my 3Great-Grandfather John Gilley. He (as little as I know about him) died 22 Nov 1829 in Early County, Georgia, preceded by his wife Rebecca (possibly HAYS) in 1825, leaving William Triggs Gilley and brother Nathan Sargent Gilley orphans. They had two older brothers, Hays Bowdery Gilley and John Latier Gilley at the time who left out on their own. Hays going to Texas and John's whereabouts are unknown. Anyway I digress, so as a last statement before I send you on your way, again I hope you enjoy my site. Thanks to everyone who has provided me with information. Without which this site would not have been possible.

I am the Coordinator of the TNGenWeb (TNGenNet Inc.) project's Sullivan County, Tennessee Genealogy. I am also WebEditor for Combs-Coombs &c. Research Group.

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A Redneck's Family Tree

Many, many years ago
When I was twenty-three,
I got married to a widow
Who was pretty as could be.

This widow had a daughter
Who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her,
And soon the two were wed.

This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
For she was my father's wife.

To complicate the matters worse,
Although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy.

My little baby then became
A brother-in-law to dad.
And so became my uncle,
Though it made me very sad.

For if he was my uncle,
Then that also made him brother
To the widow's grown-up daughter
Who, of course, was my step--mother.

Father's wife then had a son,
Who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson,
For he was my daughter's son.

My wife is now my mother's mom.
And it surely makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
She is my grandma too.

If my wife is my grandmother,
Then I am her grandchild.
And every time I think of it,
It simply drives me wild.

For now I have become
The strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

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